The law of Germany (German: Recht Deutschlands), that being the modern German legal system (German: deutsches Rechtssystem), is a system of civil law which...

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany...

German nationality law details the conditions by which an individual is a national of Germany. The primary law governing these requirements is the Nationality...

Parts of the Directive were based on German authors’ right law in the first place, e.g. the duration of copyright term: German authors’ right law had previously...

The German laws regulating alcohol use and sale are mostly focused on youth protection. In contrast to many other countries, legislation is relatively...

Nazi laws and personnel. As of 2021, a few laws from the Nazi era still remain codified in German law. After World War I, Germany considered the law a "most...

Law enforcement in Germany is constitutionally vested solely with the states, which is one of the main features of the German political system. Policing...

that resulted in 16 deaths, German weapons expert Holger Soschinka asserted that "Germany has one of the strictest weapons laws worldwide - and it is sufficient"...

was adopted across the entirety of Bavaria on 23 April 1516. As Germany unified, Bavaria pushed for adoption of this law on a national basis (see Broader...

German labour law refers to the regulation of employment relationships and industrial partnerships in Germany. General Commission of German Trade Unions...

The German town law (German: Deutsches Stadtrecht) or German municipal concerns (Deutsches Städtewesen) was a set of early town privileges based on the...

Nuremberg Laws (German: Nürnberger Gesetze, pronounced [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁɡɐ ɡəˈzɛtsə] ) were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on 15 September...

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the...

German contract law is found in the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, in both the "Allgemeine Teil" and the chapter on "Schuldrecht". It forms part of the general...

chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief...

The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen (with its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven) are...

The judiciary of Germany is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in Germany. The German legal system is a civil law mostly based on...

researcher Heino Stöver [de], Germany has "[...] more cigarette vending machines than any other country in the world." Under federal law, the manufacture, import...

Administrative law is a division of law governing the activities of executive branch agencies of government. Administrative law includes executive branch...

Manual of German Law is a two-volume work whose purpose, according to its Preface (2nd edition, 1968 & 1971), 'is to assist those who in the course of their...

German Purity Law may refer to: Nazi racial purity laws requiring 3/4 of grandparents to be German or related for citizenship: see Anti-Jewish legislation...

Germany is a democratic and federal parliamentary republic, where federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag (the parliament of Germany) and...

member of: Law of Germany Laws in Germany Referendums in Germany Alcohol laws in Germany Capital punishment in Germany Censorship in Germany Censorship...

The German Restitution Laws were a series of laws passed in the 1950s in West Germany regulating the restitution of lost property and the payment of damages...

The Naval Laws (German: Flottengesetze, "Fleet Laws") were five separate laws passed by the German Empire, in 1898, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1912. These acts...

Deutschland), is the head of state of Germany. Under the 1949 constitution (Basic Law) Germany has a parliamentary system of government in which the chancellor...

The German Law Journal is a peer-reviewed, online-only open access law journal reporting on the developments in German, European and international jurisprudence...

will become legal in Germany from 1 July 2024. Entwurf eines Cannabiskontrollgesetzes (CannKG; "Draft of a cannabis control law") was a bill proposed...

German military law has a long history. Drumhead courts-martial in the German lands had existed since the Early modern period. The trial of Peter von...

German Poor Laws are the laws concerning poor relief which existed in Germany and its predecessor states. Prussia conducted a review of its poor law system...