Germany

Contemporary governments and politics of the european states

Alberto Bielsa de las Pozas
Index
1. Concept and form of State
2. Forms of government
3. Germany
3.1 Form of government

3.2 State authorities

3.3 Legislative power

3.4 Judicial power

3.5 Constitution
Concept and
form of state
• Political organization
• Territory
• Government institutions
• Sovereignity
• Authoritarian states
• Democratic states
• External sovereignity states
Form of
government
• Government: system or group
of people governing an
organized community.
• Autocracy, aristocracy,
democracy (republics)
• Socialist, communist,
capitalist, welfare states.
Germany
1. Form of government
• Federal, parliamentary and
representative democratic
republic.
• 16 states (Lander)
• Social market economy
Germany
2. State authorities
• President of Germany, head
of state
• President of the Bundestag
• Chancellor, head of
government
Germany
3. The legislative power
• Bundestag and Bunderat
• Legislative and representative
• Election of the President of
Germany and the President
of the Bundestag
Germany

4. The judicial system

• Roman law, german law reerences
• Federal constitutional court
• Criminal and private law codified
• Rehabilitational system
Germany
5. Constitution
• Grundgesetz, 1949
• Human dignity
• The separation of powers
• Federal structure, welfare
state
• Rule of law.