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- ↑ "Vosskuhle new president of the Constitutional Court, Kirchhof elected vice president". nealine.de. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ Germany’s top court curbs political influence on public broadcaster ZDF Deutsche Welle , 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Presidium Gesellschaft für Rechtspolitik.
