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Gleichberechtigung

Substantiv

partial

social equality

Comparative law notes

Germany

When Gleichberechtigung is used in the more general sense, it could be translated as "social equality", which has been defined as a state of affairs in which all people within a certain society or isolated group have the same status in ideally all respects, including civil rights, freedom of speech, property rights and equal access to certain social goods and services.