Journal article

Publication year: 2010

Pages: 5-15

Journal: International electronic journal of elementary education

Volume number: 3

Issue number: 1

Open access status: Gold

URL: https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/235

Publisher: Kura Publishing House

Abstract: 

The article presents the legal situation of home education in Germany as a multi-level
problem touching upon German constitutional law, State (Länder) constitutional law as
well as administrative law, and the liberties of the European Convention of Human Rights.
Whereas the parents’ right to care for their children is explicitly granted by German Basic
Law, the state’s mandate to educate is seen by the courts as a conflicting principle that
usually prevails and justifies compulsory schooling. Exceptions are rarely accepted. The
article argues that this mainstream interpretation of the law is unconvincing and not in
line with legal reasoning in German constitutional law in general.

Harvard Citation style: Reimer, F. (2010) School attendance as a civic duty v. home education as a human right, International electronic journal of elementary education, 3(1), pp. 5-15. https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/235

APA Citation style: Reimer, F. (2010). School attendance as a civic duty v. home education as a human right. International electronic journal of elementary education. 3(1), 5-15. https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/235