Organstreitverfahren – Procedure for constitutional adjudication among
state organs
Abstraktnormenkontrolle – Abstract constitutional review; *advisory opinion
Parliamentsvorbehalt – Reservation of parliamentary powers.
Verfassungsvorbehalt – Constitutional reservation (of powers or of rights)
Entwurf – Bill; Proposed Law
Grundmandate – Basic mandate
Sperrklausel – Blocking clause
Überhangmandate – Supplementary elected officials
Zweitstimme – Second vote
Mischwahlsystem – System of mixed direct and indirect election
Schutzwürdig – Worthy of protection
Schutzbedürftig – Needing protection
*Rückwirkung – Ex post facto
Verordnung – Regulation
Generalklausel – General catch all clauses
Regierung – Government, more exactly the administration, i.e. the
executive branch
*Abwehrrechte – Defensive rights against state power: “freedoms from”
*Vornahmerechte – Positive rights to state resources: “rights to”
*Freiheitsrechte – Liberties; Freedoms
Bundesermächtigung Kraft natur der Sache – Federal powers implied by the
nature of the thing
Bundesermächtigung Kraft Sachzusammenhangs – Federal powers implied by
relation to some subject of federal power
Bundesermächtigung durch Annexkompetenzen – Implied federal powers
Fraktion – Parliamentary group
Ausschuss – Committee
Untersuchungsausschuss – Committe of public inquiry
Abgeordnete – Representative
Plenum – Full session