Civil service law finds its constitutional basis in Article 33 of the Basic Law. Civil service law is regulated inconsistently in terms of simple legislation; the most important laws in civil service law are the Civil Service Status Act, at the federal level primarily the Federal Civil Service Act and at the state level primarily the respective state civil servant laws.
Civil service law as part of special administrative law includes all legal provisions that deal with civil service relationships, in particular the resulting rights and obligations of civil servants in Germany.