The freedom of science and its limits

15.05.2025 Our Basic Law declares in Art. 5 para. 3 GG: "Art and science, research and teaching are free". The special protection of science is based on the thought, which is also repeatedly emphasized by the Federal Constitutional Court, that a science free from social usefulness and political expediency serves state and society best in the result. From a constitutional perspective, science is defined by the attempt to determine the truth, whic…