Year: 2021
Author: Bäcker, Carsten
Der Staat, Vol. 60 (2021), Iss. 1 : pp. 7–41
Abstract
Constitutional Analogies. The Federal Constitutional Court at the Limit of Constitutional Interpretation
From a methodological point of view, the use of analogies in legal argument is highly controversial, for they reach to the limits of statutory interpretation. Underlying the methodological dispute over analogies is the question of what the limits of statutory interpretation are or ought to be. A number of analogies from constitutional law can be found in the case law of the Federal Constitutional Court. Although these analogies to constitutional law are rarely explicitly designated as such, in the case law they can be found in a variety of dogmatic constructions – for example, in the extension of Germans’ fundamental rights protection to EU citizens, or the assumption of legislative powers of the federal state as an appendix to its written powers. The existence of such analogies to constitutional law calls for answers to the question of the limits of the power to interpret the Constitution. It is the aim of this article to trace these limits, and in its conclusion it calls on the Federal Constitutional Court to explicate the adoption of analogies in constitutional law and to reflect on the assumptions found therein – respecting the limits of the power to interpret the Constitution.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: German
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/staa.60.1.7
Der Staat, Vol. 60 (2021), Iss. 1 : pp. 7–41
Published online: 2021-01
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 35
Author Details
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carsten Bäcker: Verfassungsanalogien. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht an der Grenze der Verfassungsinterpretation | 7 | ||
| A. Zum Begriff der Analogie | 8 | ||
| B. Verfassungsanalogien in der Rechtsprechung des BVerfG | 13 | ||
| I. Ausdrückliche Verfassungsanalogien | 13 | ||
| 1. Art. 93 GG: Karlsruhe und die Ausdehnung der prozessualen Zuständigkeit | 13 | ||
| 2. Art. 5 Abs. 3 GG: Mephisto und die Schranken der Kunstfreiheit | 15 | ||
| 3. Art. 137 Abs. 1 GG: Bund, Länder, Gemeinden – und Kreise | 7 | ||
| 4. Art. 137 Abs. 1 GG: Staat, Kirche, und die Einschränkung des Demokratieprinzips | 7 | ||
| II. Verdeckte Verfassungsanalogien | 7 | ||
| 1. Deutschengrundrechte: Deutscher im Sinne der EU | 7 | ||
| 2. Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG: Sexuelle Orientierung und Rechtfertigungsanforderungen | 7 | ||
| 3. Art. 70ff. GG: Gesetzgebungskompetenzen und die Natur der Sache | 7 | ||
| III. Verfassungsanalogien existieren | 7 | ||
| C. Zur Zulässigkeit der Verfassungsanalogie | 7 | ||
| I. Zur Zulässigkeit der Analogie im einfachen Recht | 7 | ||
| 1. Explikationen zur Zulässigkeit der Analogie | 7 | ||
| 2. Zulässigkeit und Begründetheit von Analogien | 7 | ||
| 3. Zwei Formen der Analogie | 8 | ||
| 4. Echte und unechte Analogien | 8 | ||
| 5. Analogien im Verfassungsrecht | 8 | ||
| II. Analogien zum Verfassungsrecht | 9 | ||
| D. Vom Erhellen der eigenen Methodologie | 9 |