Right of honor
An honorary law is in a class order reserved for a certain notables law, mostly based on tradition or a privilege was granted.
It is an expression of a privileged position. This included titles , insignia , orders and decorations , mentioning them by name in church prayer or military honorary displays.
In Germany, the noble privileges were abolished with Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution (WRV) in favor of general civil rights . Even after the Basic Law came into force, the honorary rights associated with church patronage are an exception ( Art. 140 GG, Art. 137 (3) sentence 2 WRV).
Honorary rights still play a role in military and diplomatic protocol, as well as recognition of special merits, for example in the form of honorary gold and the award of honorary citizenship or an honorary doctorate .
A distinction is to be made between the civil rights of honor , which are not linked to origin or status, but solely to citizenship .
Web links
- Horst Ehmann : Honor and Law Ceremonial lecture from November 22nd, 2000 on the 25th anniversary of the Law Faculty of the University of Trier
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sabine Büttner: The French Revolution - An Online Introduction Background - France in the 18th Century, Estates Order, p. 5
- ↑ Second main part Basic rights and basic duties of the Germans. First section. The individual. Article 109 of the Constitution of August 11, 1919. verfassungen.de, accessed on June 23, 2017