Article 1 [Human dignity – Human rights – Legally binding force of basic rights] (1) Human dignity 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...Read More

A discussion of the constitutional system of the Netherlands requires a preliminary definition of what exactly is meant by ‘the Netherlands’. In its popular use, the Netherlands is a state in Western Europe, north of Belgium, west of Germany, along the coast of the North Sea. Its present-day constitution dates back to 1814/1815, when after...Read More