Statutes
This page contains: 

1. A collection of German statutes in English translation available on this website, or by links. 
2. A bibliography of German statutes in English translation courtesy of the German Federal Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. 

A word of caution: It is always the German original, not the English translation which is authoritative. Statutes are frequently amended. For reasons of copyright and practicality, we do not constantly update the translations which we publish. Some parts may therefore be outdated.
 
 
 

Constitution (Basic Law) and Constitutional Statutes

Link : Download a more recent version from the website of the German Federal Parliament (in PDF format)
Introductions to the Federal Constitutional Court Act and to the Federal Electoral Law are available in the literature section of the German Law Archive.

Relations with the European Union


The Judiciary

Civil Law Statutes

Family Law Statutes

Link: Download an English edition of Foreign Maintenance Act from the website of Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof

Civil Procedure Law Statutes

Commercial Law Statutes

Link: Download a bilingual edition of Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz / Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act and related statutory instruments from the website of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Link: Download a translation of the same Act (translated as Act on the Regulation of Public Offers for the Acquisition of Securities and Corporate Take-overs from the website of Ashurst Morris Crisp

Criminal Law Statutes

Environmental Statutes

An introduction to these statutes is available in the literature section of the German Law Archive.

Link: Download from the Fedeal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety website in PDF format:

Safety Standards Statutes

Intellectual Property Law Statutes

Local Authorities Statutes

An introduction to this statute and local authorities in general is available in the literature section of the German Law Archive.

Media, Post, Information and Data Statutes 

Broadcasting and Radio Tranmission Statutes

An introduction to Broadcasting Law in Germany is available in the literature section of the German Law Archive.

Communication and Information Service Statutes

Data Protection

Link : Download a translation of the Stasi Documents Act in RTF format from the website of the Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

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Protection of Young Persons

An introduction to Media and the Protection of Young Persons is available in the literature section of the German Law Archive.

Regulation of the Press

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Statutes

Planning and Construction Law Statutes 

Link : Download a Translation of the Federal Building Code in Rich Text format from the Federal Ministry for Building, Transport and Housing

Bibliography of German Statutes in English Translation

The following link takes you to the index of this bibliography:
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