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Article 14: [Property - Inheritance - Expropriation]
1.
Property and the right of inheritance shall be guaranteed. Their content and
limits shall be defined by the laws.
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Right to own property
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Right to transfer property
2.
Property entails obligations. Its use shall also serve the public good.
3.
Expropriation shall only be permissible for the public good. It may only be
ordered by or pursuant to a law that determines the nature and extent of
compensation. Such compensation shall be determined by establishing an
equitable balance between the public interest and the interests of those
affected. In case of dispute concerning the amount of compensation, recourse
may be had to the ordinary courts.
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Protection from expropriation
Article 15: [Socialisation]
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Ownership of natural resources
Land, natural resources and means of production may for the purpose of
socialisation be transferred to public ownership or other forms of public enterprise
by a law that determines the nature and extent of compensation. With respect to
such compensation the third and fourth sentences of paragraph (3) of Article 14 shall
apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 16: [Citizenship - Extradition]
1.
No German may be deprived of his citizenship. Citizenship may be lost only
pursuant to a law, and against the will of the person affected only if he does not
become stateless as a result.
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Conditions for revoking citizenship

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Germany 1949 (rev. 2012)
2.
No German may be extradited to a foreign country. The law may provide
otherwise for extraditions to a member state of the European Union or to an
international court, provided that the rule of law is observed.
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Extradition procedure
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Regional group(s)