This introduction to constitutional law has been conceptualized as a textbook for readers with no prior knowledge of public law. The introduction is followed by presentations of the foundational decisions that have shaped the constitution for the republic, democracy, the federal state, the social state, and the legal state. They are followed by a portrayal of the individual basic rights, focusing on the general doctrines of basic rights.

Ulrich Battis, Berlin; Andrea Edenharter, FernUniversität Hagen, Germany.