Article 1 of the Basic Law the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany, reads as follow:
“(1) The dignity of man shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.
(2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world.
(3) The following basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive and the judiciary as directly enforceable law.”
This article answers, in a nutshell, all the questions one might raise regarding the influence of a constitution on the legal system of a country.