Casenote–– The Fundamental Right to the Guarantee of a Subsistence Minimum in theHartz IVDecision of the German Federal Constitutional Court
Keyword(s):
Hartz Iv
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In February 2010, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) issued a ruling on the so-called “Hartz IV legislation.” The ruling dealt with the law on social benefits according to the Second Book of the German Code of Social Law and was based on the “fundamental right to the guarantee of a subsistence minimum” derived from the declaration of human dignity in Article 1(1) of the German Basic Law in conjunction with Article 20(1), the principle of the social welfare state.
2018 ◽
Vol 101
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pp. 376-394
2006 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 209-226
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