Section 1631d of the German Civil Code, enacted by the Bundestag in 2012, is a primary legal text. Its strength is that it is the actual statute permitting circumcision of a male child, in the legislature's own words. Its limit is that, like any statute, it states the law as enacted, not the parliamentary debate, medical evidence or religious argument that led to it, which need separate sources.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the primary legislative text itself, in the legislature's own words, authoritative for the law as enacted. NotesThe German Bundestag's own statutory text permitting the circumcision of a male child, Section 1631d of the Civil Code (2012); the legislative text itself, not an independent religious-studies account of circumcision.
Citation
AuthorDeutscher Bundestag
Publication Year2012
Source Typelegal
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Rituals, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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