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In
principle
,
I
agree
with
that
approach
.
However
,
the
conclusions
of
the
present
judgment
were
reached
mainly
because
the
Constitution
and
other
laws
of
the
GDR
were
well
-
formulated
in
a
language
which
was
similar
to
the
language
of
the
constitutional
and
other
legal
provisions
of
democratic
States
governed
by
the
rule
of
law
(
for
example
,
constitutional
provisions
on
human
rights
)
.
That
was
not
the
real
intention
of
the
non
-
democratic
regime
of
the
GDR
.
The
human
rights
provisions
in
the
Constitutions
of
the
former
socialist
States
were
rather
of
a
propagandistic
character
.
Nevertheless
,
the
German
domestic
courts
and
this
Court
,
for
what
in
my
view
are
compelling
reasons
,
as
explained
above
,
have
“
taken
these
rights
seriously
”
(
Ronald
Dworkin
)
by
giving
them
the
meaning
derived
from
the
wording
of
the
various
legal
norms
as
construed
according
to
the
methodology
of
application
of
the
law
inherent
in
the
democratic
system
.
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