| 英文摘要 |
Inspired by Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h.c. mult. Karl Doehring’s lecture“The Features of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany (Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany)–Liberal Democratic Basic Order”[德意志聯邦共和國憲法（基本法）之特徵──自由民主基本秩序(déyìzhìlián bāng gòng héguóxiàn fǎ(jīběn fǎ) zhītèzhēng - zìyóu mín zhǔjīběn zhìxù)] in 1989 (translated into Mandarin by Prof. Fa, Zhi Bin [法治斌]), this article seeks to revisit the concept of liberal democratic basic order (German: freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung, FDGO).
This article first explores the conceptual meaning and historical context of the liberal democratic basic order in Germany and focuses on the decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court. In particular, it analyzes the three classical cases of dissolution of political parties: prohibition of the Socialist Reich Party (SRP-Verbot) in 1952, prohibition of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD-Verbot) in 1956, and prohibition of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD-Verbot) in 2017. It then demonstrates common features of legal argumentation and constitutional interpretation facing liberal democratic basic order. This article also presents a comparative analysis between the“liberal democratic basic order”of Germany and the“free and democratic constitutional order”[自由民主之憲政秩序(zìyóu mín zhǔzhīxiàn zhèng zhìxù)] of Taiwan from the perspective of comparative constitutional law. It takes a closer look at the revision of the Constitution in 1992, judicial interpretations, and the law of democracy in Taiwan. The author argues, however, a rereading of Karl Doehring’s lecture can realize the new value of“free and democratic constitutional order”in Taiwan. |
