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This article introduces the present issue of 'Przeglad Sejmowy' dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Basic Law in Germany. The author outlines the history of the creation of that act and identifies the factors which influenced its solutions. He also describes its further development, including numerous amendments which still enable it to determine the real functioning of the Federal Republic of Germany. The article also mentions frequent cases where German solutions are adapted by constitutions of other states, including the Polish constitution. The Polish constitutional law scholars have long been interested and involved in studying the institutions of the German system of government, of which this issues of 'Przeglad Sejmowy' is a proof.