The Future of Constitutional Law–A German Perspective   全文下載

憲法的未來展望——以德國視野出發

德國憲法——《德國基本法》一直以來都被視為令人印象深刻的成功案例，但德國憲法在現代也面臨著一系列重大的挑戰。本文將論述這些挑戰以及德國憲法未來前景。相關議題包括：議會民主制度面臨日益破碎化及兩極化之政治挑戰；質疑德國聯邦制度之決策漸進式的集中化；對於基本權利之水平效力之矛盾趨勢以及在歐盟及全球化社會中法律拘束力之危機。

While the German constitution– the Basic Law–can look back on an impressive success story, German constitutional law today faces a number of serious challenges. These challenges –and also future prospects–are described in the following article. Relevant topics are the increasing fragmentation and polarisation of politics challenging parliamentary democracy, the progressive centralisation of decision-making questioning federalism in Germany, the ambivalent tendency towards direct horizontal effects of fundamental rights and the crisis of the binding force of law in the European Union and in the global community.