Ute Mager analyzes a special category of constitutional guarantees which have been a part of German legal theory since the Weimar Constitution in 1919. She shows that under the Grundgesetz this category has to be freed from its original theoretical context as found in the historical school of law. The function of constitutional guarantees can no longer be to protect institutions because of their historical value; they can be defined today as constitutional guarantees of autonomy.

Ute Mager analyses a special category of constitutional guarantees - "Einrichtungsgarantien", which are known in the German legal theory since the constitution of Weimar (1919).She shows, that under the Basic Law the category has to be freed from the original theoretical context, which is found in the 'Historische Rechtsschule'. The function of "Einrichtungsgarantien" can no longer be seen in the protection of 'institutions' because of their historical value. Today "Einrichtungsgarantien" are to be defined as constitutional guarantees of autonomy. As to private persons this means the protection of the faculty to regulate freely their legal relations. As to public functions it means the protection of the competence to fulfill the function as own affair.

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Geboren 1962; 1994 Promotion und 2002 Habilitation an der Freien Universität Berlin. Seit 2004 Professorin für Öffentliches Recht an der Universität Heidelberg, seit 2007 Direktorin des Zentrums für anwaltsorientierte Juristenausbildung, 2010 - 2018 Richterin im Nebenamt am Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg, seit 2017 Mitglied der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften.