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Re-Examining "Solange I": Constitutionalism Beyond the State and the Role of Domestic Constitutional Courts

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  • Lang, Andrej
  • Kovács, Kriszta
  • Kumm, Mattias

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Fifty years have passed since the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) rendered one of its most widely discussed and influential decisions: Solange I. On May 29, 1974, the FCC famously held that it would review European Community law by the standards of German constitutional law for so long as the Community had not received a catalogue of fundamental rights, which is adequate in comparison with the catalogue contained in the German Basic Law.1 Only a handful of cases may qualify to potentially celebrate them in fifty years’ time. Solange I is one of them. Why? What intellectual and institutional aspects of this decision are worth celebrating and preserving in Europe and beyond?

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  • Lang, Andrej & Kovács, Kriszta & Kumm, Mattias, 2025. "Re-Examining "Solange I": Constitutionalism Beyond the State and the Role of Domestic Constitutional Courts," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 85(2), pages 399-409.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:321960
    DOI: 10.17104/0044-2348-2025-2-399
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