englischIn the course of the 19th century, the monarchs of the individual states of the German Confederation enacted a large number of different written constitutions. With these, they considerably limited their powers. This is astonishing as they had only recently made the transition to absolutism. [...]

englischAs most of us probably do, Heinrich von Kleist’s Michael Kohlhaas knows very well what it means to be right without being proven right. A feeling of outrage and powerlessness often remains, in particular towards the state monopoly on the use of force. Of course: The judiciary system cannot [...]

Art. 57 der Wiener Schlussakte sowie das darin enthaltene „monarchische Prinzip“ sollten die inhaltlich (zu) offene Regelung des Art. 13 DBA präzisieren und den Einzelstaaten Vorgaben für die Ausgestaltung ihrer Verfassungen aufgeben. Damit hatten die Verfechter konservativer Strukturen einen [...]