From Empire to Union - Conceptions of German Constitutional Law Since 1871

Informationen zum Autor Dr Jo Murkens is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext Examining the modern development of German constitutional thought, this book traces the key public law concepts of state, constitution, sovereignty, and democracy from their emergence in the 19th century through to the present day. It analyses the fraught constitutional relationship between Germany and the EU from a sociological perspective. Zusammenfassung Examining the modern development of German constitutional thought, this book traces the key public law concepts of state, constitution, sovereignty, and democracy from their emergence in the 19th century through to the present day. It analyses the fraught constitutional relationship between Germany and the EU from a sociological perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Constitutional Law as a Discipline 1: The Emergence of Constitutional Law as a Positive Discipline 2: The Rejection of Constitutional Law as a Positive Discipline Part II: Constitutional Law as a Method 3: Staatsrecht and Verfassungsrecht 4: External Application to the European Union Part III: Constitutional Law as Political Jurisprudence 5: Sovereignty and Continuity 6: The Interpretation of the Basic Law by the Federal Constitutional Court 7: The Structure of the Federal Constitutional Court's Decisions in Maastricht and Lisbon Conclusion Appendix: Excerpts from the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

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• Authors: Jo Eric Khushal Murkens, Jo Eric Khushal (Senior Lecturer Murkens, Murkens Jo Eric Khushal
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199671885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967188-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Comparative, Legal History, comparative law, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general