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Well, the Basic Law sounds a lot like the old Soviet constitution in parts, particularly the “equal before the law” part in Article 3 (as well as “Men and women shall have equal rights” in that article, echoing Article 122 of the 1936 Soviet constitution, Article 35 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution, Article 48 of the PRC constitution ad nauseam) and the positive liberty format (rights granted by government) versus the negative liberty format of the US Constitution (“Congress shall make no law”, “shall not be infringed” etc).

Now Article 5 is very interesting:

Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures, and to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.

These rights shall find their limits in the provisions of general laws, in provisions for the protection of young persons, and in the right to personal honor.

Arts and sciences, research and teaching shall be free. The freedom of teaching shall not release any person from allegiance to the constitution.

They come right out and say that freedom of expression is going to be limited, rather than couch the intent in phrases like “in the interests of the working class” as the communist constitutions do. And the clause about “no censorship” is of course directly contradicted.