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Compulsory Education Legislation in Germany: Legislator, Content and Characteristics-A Case Study of State Laws

HU Jinsong   

  1. School of Education/Guangzhou Research Center for the Modernization of Educational Governance, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • Online:2018-11-20 Published:2018-11-29

Abstract: The legislative power of compulsory education in Germany belongs to the state. The legislative body includes the state parliament and the state government. The effective legal sources of compulsory education in Germany include not only the school law or the compulsory education law enacted by the legislature, but also the compulsory education regulations issued by the state governments under the authorization of the school law. The compulsory education law mainly regulates the object of compulsory education, the age and duration of compulsory education, the type and form of compulsory education, and the legal responsibility of compulsory education. Germany's compulsory education law focuses on the adjustment of behavior, the setting of obligations, and the standard procedures.

Key words: Germany, compulsory education legislation, legislative characteristics