TY - JOUR

T1 - Significantly Compressed Timeframe of Legislative Proceedings May Violate Parliamentarians’ Right to Deliberation

T2 - Case Note on Heilman v. Deutscher Bundestag (Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) [German Federal Constitutional Court] 5 July 2023 - 2 BvE 4/23

AU - Holterhus, Till Patrik

PY - 2023/9/20

Y1 - 2023/9/20

N2 - This case note addresses a preliminary injunction issued by the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, “BVerfG”) on 5 July 2023, which ordered the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) to abstain from the second and third readings of a draft law during the then-current week of the parliamentary session. Unprecedented, the Court found that the significantly compressed timeframe of the legislative proceedings may violate the parliamentarians’ constitutional right to deliberation.

AB - This case note addresses a preliminary injunction issued by the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, “BVerfG”) on 5 July 2023, which ordered the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) to abstain from the second and third readings of a draft law during the then-current week of the parliamentary session. Unprecedented, the Court found that the significantly compressed timeframe of the legislative proceedings may violate the parliamentarians’ constitutional right to deliberation.

KW - Law

KW - Deliberation

KW - Heilmann

KW - Bundesverfassungsgericht

M3 - Notes on court decisions

VL - 1

SP - 77

EP - 80

JO - Transatlantic Law Journal

JF - Transatlantic Law Journal

SN - 2941-3052

IS - 2

ER -