Popular sovereignty and the crisis of German constitutional law [electronic resource] : the theory & practice of Weimar constitutionalism / Peter C. Caldwell.
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 pri...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham, N.C. :
Duke University Press,
1997.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822397656 082239765X |
| DOI: | 10.1215/9780822397656 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |