Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court

Federal Constitutional Court

doi:10.5771/9783748930006

Summary

Curated, translated and edited by the Court’s translation unit in collaboration with the Justices, the sixth volume of this English-language series is dedicated to one of the cornerstones of German fundamental rights architecture: the general right of personality.

Following a thematic introduction by Justices of the Court, this volume presents 45 leading cases that map the constitutional protection of self-determination, identity and privacy from the early foundations to recent decisions on the right to be forgotten, assisted suicide and the state’s surveillance powers abroad.

For the international legal community, scholars and anyone interested in comparative law, this book constitutes an invaluable guide to decades of constitutional case-law in Germany.

Keywords

Search publication

Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-8585-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-3000-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 893
Product type: Edited Book

Contents/Introduction No access Pages I - XII
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS No access Pages 1 - 3
TABLE OF COURT NAMES CITED No access Pages 4 - 4
TABLE OF LEGAL ACTS CITED No access Pages 5 - 9
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS No access Pages 10 - 22
1. BVerfGE 27, 1 - Microcensus - disclosure of personal data for statistical purposes (1969) No access Pages 23 - 27
2. BVerfGE 34, 238 - Secret Tape Recordings - admissibility as evidence in criminal proceedings (1973) No access Pages 28 - 35
3. BVerfGE 34, 269 - Soraya - damages for false press reports on personal life (1973) No access Pages 36 - 47
4. BVerfGE 49, 286 - Transsexuals I - legal sex (1978) No access Pages 48 - 55
5. BVerfGE 54, 148 - Eppler - statements falsely attributed to one’s person (1980) No access Pages 56 - 62
6. BVerfGE 65, 1 - Census - informational self-determination and modern data processing (1983) No access Pages 63 - 90
7. BVerfGE 35, 202 - Lebach - prisoner’s right to social reintegration (1973) No access Pages 91 - 107
8. BVerfGE 75, 201 - Foster Parents - child custody (1987) No access Pages 108 - 115
9. BVerfGE 78, 77 - Public Announcement of Legal Incapacitation (1988) No access Pages 116 - 121
10. BVerfGE 117, 71 - Life Imprisonment - prospect of release (2006) No access Pages 122 - 137
11. BVerfGE 128, 282 - Coercive Treatment in Psychiatric Confinement under Criminal Law (2011) No access Pages 138 - 148
12. BVerfGE 142, 313 - Coercive Medical Treatment (2016) No access Pages 149 - 161
13. BVerfGE 153, 182 - Assisted Suicide* - right to a self-determined death (2020) No access Pages 162 - 187
14. BVerfGE 97, 391 - Sexual Abuse Allegations - victim’s right to state their own name (1998) No access Pages 188 - 196
15. BVerfGE 115, 1 - Transsexuals V - change of first name (2005) No access Pages 197 - 206
16. BVerfGE 147, 1 - Third Gender Option - civil register entry for intersex persons (2017) No access Pages 207 - 217
17. BVerfGE 87, 334 - Honecker - TV broadcasting of criminal proceedings (1992) No access Pages 218 - 222
18. BVerfGE 99, 185 - Helnwein/Scientology - imputed group membership (1998) No access Pages 223 - 233
19. BVerfGE 119, 309 - TV Broadcasting from the Courtroom (2007) No access Pages 234 - 243
20. BVerfGE 120, 180 - Caroline III - celebrities’ right to their image (2008) No access Pages 244 - 263
21. BVerfGE 63, 131 - Right of Reply - right to defend oneself against negative media portrayals (1983) No access Pages 264 - 271
22. BVerfGE 114, 339 - Stolpe/Stasi Dispute - injunctive relief against ambiguous defamatory statements (2005) No access Pages 272 - 283
23. BVerfGE 119, 1 - Esra - prohibition of a literary work (2007) No access Pages 284 - 310
24. BVerfGE 80, 367 - Diary-Like Notes - admissibility as evidence in criminal proceedings (1989) No access Pages 311 - 321
25. BVerfGE 90, 255 - Monitoring of Correspondence - screening of prisoners’ personal mail (1994) No access Pages 322 - 328
26. BVerfGE 109, 279 - Surveillance of Private Homes - inviolable core of private life (2004) No access Pages 329 - 359
27. BVerfGE 128, 109 - Transsexuals VIII - no surgery requirement (2011) No access Pages 360 - 371
28. BVerfGE 138, 377 - False Paternity - former legal father’s right to information (2015) No access Pages 372 - 379
29. BVerfGE 44, 353 - Addiction Counselling Agency - seizure of client records (1977) No access Pages 380 - 388
30. BVerfGE 89, 69 - Mandatory Medical-Psychological Assessment - conditions for retaining driving licence (1993) No access Pages 389 - 397
31. BVerfGE 103, 21 - DNA Fingerprinting - databases of DNA profiles (2000) No access Pages 398 - 409
32. BVerfGE 27, 344 - Divorce Files - sharing personal data in disciplinary proceedings (1970) No access Pages 410 - 414
33. BVerfGE 56, 37 - Bankruptcy Proceedings - compulsory disclosure (1981) No access Pages 415 - 422
34. BVerfGE 113, 29 - Seizure of Electronic Data - search warrant for entirety of law firm’s hardware and files (2005) No access Pages 423 - 436
35. BVerfGE 152, 152 - Right to Be Forgotten I* - name searches in online press archives (2019) No access Pages 437 - 459
36. BVerfGE 152, 216 - Right to Be Forgotten II* - claim for dereferencing against search engine operator (2019) No access Pages 460 - 476
37. BVerfGE 100, 313 - The Article 10 Act - telecommunications surveillance by intelligence services (1999) No access Pages 477 - 504
38. BVerfGE 115, 166 - Telecommunications Surveillance - covert investigation of a judge (2006) No access Pages 505 - 527
39. BVerfGE 115, 320 - Profiling - electronic databases for profiling and searches (2006) No access Pages 528 - 555
40. BVerfGE 120, 274 - Remote Searches - covert searches of private computers (2008) No access Pages 556 - 586
41. BVerfGE 125, 260 - Data Retention - service providers’ obligation to retain telecommunications traffic data (2010) No access Pages 587 - 627
42. BVerfGE 129, 208 - The Telecommunications Surveillance Revision Act (2011) No access Pages 628 - 647
43. BVerfGE 133, 277 - Counter-Terrorism Database Act I - sharing of data between police and intelligence services in a joint security database (2013) No access Pages 648 - 683
44. BVerfGE 141, 220 - The Federal Criminal Police Office Act - counter-terrorism surveillance powers (2016) No access Pages 684 - 733
45. BVerfGE 154, 152 - Surveillance of Foreign Telecommunications* - Federal Intelligence Service’s powers to intercept communications of foreigners abroad (2020) No access Pages 734 - 783
Appendix - Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany No access Pages 784 - 893