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German Courts-Public International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2017

John R. Stevenson
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Judicial Decisions Involving Questions of International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , July 1965 , pp. 653 - 657
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1965

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1 Art. 25 of the Basic Law provides: “The general rules of international law form part of the federal law. They have precedence over statutes and create rights and duties directly for the inhabitants of the federal territory.” [Reporter's note]

2 This decision, like all decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court on the question whether an alleged rule of international law forms part of the Federal law, has the force of law, and the official syllabus of such decisions must be published in the Official Law Gazette (Law concerning the Federal Constitutional Court, of May 12, 1951, sec. 31). [Reporter's note]

3 Reported above.

4 See note 2 above.

5 See the most recent decision of the Swiss Federal Court of Feb. 10, 1960, reported in 55 A.J.I.L. 167 (1961). [Reporter's note]

6 55 A.J.I.L. 1064 (1961). [Reporter'a note]