Offentlichkeit als Verfassungsprinzip: Konturen einer Staatszielbestimmung unter dem Grundgesetz

English summary: Publicity as a Constitutional Principle: The term Offentlichkeit (publicity) appears in the text of the German Basic Law only when referring to its exclusion. Nevertheless, the publicity of state power is unquestionably a fundamental functional condition of the state, relating to various constitutional principles. This work attempts to methodically justify an unwritten norm of constitutional law and examines its relationship to legitimate secrecy, the fundamental right to f...