The Lander are not the <<lords of the Constitution>>: the German Federal Constitutional Court concerning the the bavarian referendum on independence

At the end of 2016, the German Federal Constitutional Court issued a decision concerning an individual appeal claiming the possibility of an independentist referendum for the Bavarian populattion. This article analyzs the Court's decision, contextualizing it in the light of previous jurisprudence, political context and scholarship. Finally, it offers critical reflections from a comparative perspective.