Karin Grasshof or Karin Graßhof (born 25 June 1937 in Kiel) is a German jurist.[1] She served as a justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 1986 to 1998. She is currently an honorary professor at the University of Bonn.

Karin Grasshof
Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
8 October 1986 – 15 October 1998

As a judge, she was involved in the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of September 14, 1989, on the use of the diary of a prisoner; the decision on the five-percent hurdle in the first all-German election; the decision on the right of foreigners to vote in Schleswig-Holstein; the decision on Section 218 of May 28, 1993; the Maastricht ruling of October 12, 1993; the AWACS decision of July 12, 1994;[2] the decision on the criminal liability of GDR foreign espionage of May 15, 1995; the decision on the Mauerschützenprozesse of October 26, 1996; the decisions on the admissibility of overhang mandates of April 10, 1997 and February 26, 1998; and the decision on the introduction of the euro of March 31, 1998.[3]

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  1. ^ Boa, Elizabeth; Wharton, Janet; (Organization), Women in German Studies (1994). Women and the Wende: social effects and cultural reflections of the German unification process : proceedings of a conference held by Women in German Studies, 9-11 September 1993 at the University of Nottingham. Rodopi. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-90-5183-725-4. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ^ "DFR - BVerfGE 90, 286 - Out-of-area-Einsätze". www.servat.unibe.ch. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  3. ^ "DFR - BVerfGE 90, 286 - Out-of-area-Einsätze". www.servat.unibe.ch. Retrieved 2022-10-12.