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Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional Law: The Theory and Practice of Weimar Constitutionalism
Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional Law is a historical analysis of competing doctrines of constitutional law during the Weimar Republic. It chronicles the creation of a new constitutional jurisprudence both adequate to the needs of a modern welfare state and based on the principle of popular sovereignty. Peter C. Caldwell explores the legal nature of democracy as debated by Weimar's political theorists and constitutional lawyers. Laying the groundwork for questions about constitutional law in today's Federal Republic, this book draws clear and insightful distinctions between strands of positivist and anti-positivist legal thought, and examines their implications for legal and political theory.
Book Details
- Publisher: Duke University Press
- Publish Date: Aug 19th, 1997
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.16in - 6.16in - 0.94in - 1.15lb
- EAN: 9780822319887
- Categories: • Europe - Germany• Comparative Politics• Constitutional
About the Author
Peter C. Caldwell is Associate Professor of History and German Studies at Rice University.
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Praise for this book
"A searching examination and critical analysis of the debates in Germany over the meaning and interpretation of the constitution during the Weimar years. No other book in English, so far as I know, treats Weimar constitutionalism with the depth and analytical power of this study. What an admirable study of intellectual history this book is!"--Donald P. Kommers, University of Notre Dame