nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200718-115253-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200718s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200718-115253-0 doi eng 342 23 Hailbronner, Michaela Author aut Parity laws in Germany – Caving in to Gender Backlash or Consolidating Women’s Citizenship Status? Hailbronner, Michaela Verfassungsblog 2020-07-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In this contribution we examine the German developments in light of broader European debates. Though we believe that the German Basic Law can support stronger arguments for parity laws in representative political institutions, we do not need to make such stronger arguments here to defend the constitutionality of parity laws. For what is at stake is ultimately a question of legislative discretion: whether German legislatures are allowed to pass parity laws as a matter of state and federal constitutional law. Such legislative discretion is particularly appropriate where the constitutional text itself provides no clear standards, academic commentators disagree and where – as in this case – there exists a significant European trend towards adopting gender quotas with regional and international institutions repeatedly encouraging the adoption of such laws. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 gender equality parity parliament Rubio Marín, Ruth Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/parity-laws-in-germany-caving-in-to-gender-backlash-or-consolidating-womens-citizenship-status/ raw object