Radically Legal - Berlin Constitutes the Future

"Right in the middle of the German constitution, a group of ordinary citizens discover a forgotten clause that allows them to reclaim their homes from multi-billion corporations. Kusiak argues that to save our cities from the housing crisis we need a revolution powered by the law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--

List of contents

1. Taking the Tram Home: Prelude to Change; 2. We Are All Staying Put: Property and Freedom; 3. Berlin Becomes a High Risk Capital: The Law and the Movement; 4. Who Constitutes Power?: Checks and Balances; 5. Berlin Is the Greatest Extravaganza: Sexy and Solidaristic; 6. The Rule of Law Is Having a Midlife Crisis: Shadow and Difference; 7. Before the Law: Franz Kafka feat. DWE.

About the author

Joanna Kusiak is a Junior Research Fellow at King's College, University of Cambridge. Her work focuses on urban land, housing crises and the progressive potential of the law. In 2021 she was one of the spokespeople for Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen, Berlin's successful referendum campaign to expropriate stock-listed landlords. In 2023 she won the Nine Dots Prize.

Summary

Right in the middle of the German constitution, a group of ordinary citizens discover a forgotten clause that allows them to reclaim their homes from multi-billion corporations. Kusiak argues that to save our cities from the housing crisis we need a revolution powered by the law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreword

Kusiak argues that to save our cities from the housing crisis we need a revolution powered by the law.

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Kusiak, Joanna (University of Cambridge) Kusiak, Kusiak Joanna
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009516938
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0951693-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; LAW / General, Urban & municipal planning, Social discrimination & inequality, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Constitution: government & the state, Pressure groups & lobbying, Housing law, Constitution: government and the state, Social discrimination and social justice