Abstract

The five new German Lander enjoy constitutional autonomy under the Basic Law, and since unification all of the new Lander have used this autonomy in adopting their own constitutions. Compared to the Basic Law and also to most of the constitutions of the old Lander, the new documents contain a number of significant innovations, concerning the parliamentary form of government, plebescites, basic rights, and social rights and state objectives. Many of these innovations seem, however, problematic; with some significant exceptions, they provide little positive inspiration for a reform of the Basic Law.

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