Popular sovereignty and the crisis of German constitutional law :
[Book]
the theory & practice of Weimar constitutionalism /
Peter C. Caldwell.
Durham, N.C. :
Duke University Press,
1997.
xiv, 300 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-292) and index.
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.
Popular sovereignty and the crisis of German constitutional law.
Popular sovereignty and the crisis of German constitutional law.
Heller, Hermann (Jurist)
Heller, Hermann, 1891-1933
Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973
Kelsen, Hans.
Schmitt, Carl (Jurist)
Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985
Smend, Rudolf (Jurist)
Smend, Rudolf, 1882-1975
Deutsches Reich, Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs, 1919
BMBF-Statusseminar
Constituent power-- Germany-- History.
Constitutional history-- Germany.
Constitutional law-- Germany-- Philosophy-- History.
Droit constitutionnel-- Allemagne-- Histoire-- Philosophie.