Democracy''s Guardians - A History of the German Federal Constitutional Court, 1951-2001

Zusatztext This volume constitutes a fundamental work in the constitutional history of modern Germany and is of obvious interest, not only to legal historians but to all who are interested in the political and social history of postwar Germany. There thus emerges from the pages of the book the portrait of an entire epoch of German history, the principal lines of which have been drawn from the decisions of the Court, which from its inception has guided and defined the democratic growth of the country. Informationen zum Autor Justin Collings is Associate Professor of Law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, where he teaches comparative constitutional law, legal history, and torts. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and holds a Ph.D. in modern European history from Yale University. In 2012-2013 he was law clerk to the Honourable Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Klappentext In an examination of the German Federal Constitutional Court from its founding in 1951 up to the twenty-first century, this book presents an historical account of how the Court helped transform Germany from a pre-democratic political culture into one of the leaders of the liberal democratic world. Zusammenfassung In an examination of the German Federal Constitutional Court from its founding in 1951 up to the twenty-first century, this book presents an historical account of how the Court helped transform Germany from a pre-democratic political culture into one of the leaders of the liberal democratic world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: The View from 1949; 1 Consolidation, 1951-1959; 2 Confidence, 1959-1971; 3 Confrontation, 1979-1982; 4 Continuity, 1982-1990; 5 Karlsrue Republic, 1990-2001; Epilogue

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• Authors: Justin Collings, Justin (Associate Professor of Law Collings, Collings Justin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.09.2015
• EAN: 9780198753377
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875337-7
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Germany, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, LAW / Government / General, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Government powers, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Judicial Review