How to control informal practices by formal law? The german constitutional court?s ruling on the independence of the public service broadcaster ZDF from the state
The decision by the German Federal Constitutional Court regarding the public service broadcaster ZDF is considered a landmark ruling on the freedom of broadcasters from state interference. As a result of the Court’s decision that parts of the ZDF State Treaty violate Art 5 s 1 of the German Constitution the lawmakers are in the process of reorganising the internal supervisory system of the ZDF.