Law in West German Democracy Seventy Years of History as Seen Through German Courts

In their time these important court cases influenced the development of a democratic legal system in a country struggling to overcome Hitler's legacy. Today they cast a unique light on seventy years of West German social and political history.

About the author

Hugh Ridley, Ph.D., Dr. h.c. (Essen), MRIA. Emeritus Professor of German at University College Dublin. Author of books on Thomas Mann, Gottfried Benn, US-German literary relations, Darwinism, Richard Wagner and European colonial literature.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Ridley
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 17.10.2019
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constit
• EAN: 9789004410602
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41060-2
• Pages: 330
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 665 g
• Series: Studies in Central European Hi > 66
• Subjects: Europäische Geschichte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, LAW / Environmental, History - General History, 20. Jahrhundert (ca. 1900 bis ca. 1999)