This book, developed by a group of scholars in honour of the 60th anniversary of Germany's constitution - the Basic Law of 23rd May 1946 - presents examples of fundamental aspects of current scholarly debate.

Preface by the German Federal Minister of Interior Hans-Peter Friedrich Basics Christoph M llers, Berlin The Scope and Legitimacy of Judicial Review in German Constitutional Law: Report on a missing debate Constitutional Law Christian Calliess, Berlin Dimensions of Fundamental Rights - Duty to Respect v. Duty to Protect Axel Tschentscher, Bern Interpreting Fundamental Rights - Freedom v. Optimisation Wolfram Cremer, Bochum The Basic Right to Free Development of the Personality - Protection of Personality Development v. General Right of Freedom of Action Bernd Grzeszick, Heidelberg "The 'Serving' Freedom to Broadcast" - Subjective v. Objective Dimensions of a Fundamental Right: The reasons for and the course and borders of a separate German path in constitutional law Thorsten Kingreen, Regensburg Rule of Law v. Welfare State Christian Waldhoff, Bonn Federalism - "Cooperative Federalism" v. "Competitive Federalism" Hanno Kube, Mainz Financing the State - The Tax-Funded State v. Multiple and Mixed Financing Strategies Stefan M ckl, Freiburg i.Br. Public Church Law v. Religious Constitutional Law Administrative Law Matthias Jestaedt, Freiburg i.Br. Democratic Legitimization of the Administrative Power - Exclusive v. Inclusive Democracy Martin Eifert, Gie en Conceptualizing Administrative Law - Legal Protection v. Regulatory Approach Bernhard Wegener, Erlangen-N rnberg Subjective Public Rights - Historical Roots and Requisite Adjustments to the Confines of Legal Protection Hermann P nder, Hamburg Dispute Over the Importance of Administrative Procedure - Instrumental v. Substantive Approach European Integration Marcel Kaufmann, G ttingen/Berlin The Democratic Legitimation of the European Union The Basic Law (Grundgesetz)