Table of Contents:
  • The United States and the problem of German unity / Eugene Davidson
  • The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and foreign affairs / Dieter Blumenwitz
  • Chronology of events leading to the Basic Treaty
  • Basic Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic
  • Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court concerning the Basic Treaty between the two German states
  • The limitations of change through convergence / Dieter Blumenwitz
  • The Karlsruhe Decision and the constitutionality of the Basic Treaty / Rupert Dirnecker
  • Provisions of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany cited in the court decision of July 31, 1973
  • Letter on German unity.