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Germany: Federal Constitutional Court Decision Concerning the Maastricht Treaty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Judicial and Similar Proceedings
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1994

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* [The Introductory and the English language translation were prepared for International Legal Materials by Gerhard Wegen, I.L.M. Corresponding Editor for Germany, and Christopher Kuner, both of Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch&Partners(Stuttgart/Berlin/Frankfurt/Brussels/Prague).The substantial help in translation from Glyn L. Haggett and Alison McGregor is gratefully acknowledged.[The case references are: 2BvR 2134/92, 2BvR 2159/92. The translation contains the full text of the Decision.The full text in German is reported at 1993 Europdische Grundrechte Zeitschrift 429. The Decision will be printed in the official Court Reporter.]

1 See regarding constitutional complaints before the Federal Constitutional Court, Kommers, Donald P., The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany 15—17 (1989)Google Scholar.

2 See in this regard, and for an analysis of the decision in German, Christian Tomuschat, “Die Europäische Union unter der Aufsicht des Bundesverfassungsgerichts,” 1993 Europäische Grundrechte Zeitschrift 489, 494-95.

3 Vienna Convention, Art. 56.[8 I.L.M. 699 (1969)].