Popular sovereignty and the crisis of German constitutional law :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the theory & practice of Weimar constitutionalism /
First Statement of Responsibility
Peter C. Caldwell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Durham, N.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Duke University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 300 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-292) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Popular sovereignty and the crisis of German constitutional law.
Title
Popular sovereignty and the crisis of German constitutional law.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Deutsches Reich, Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs, 1919
BMBF-Statusseminar
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Constituent power-- Germany-- History.
Constitutional history-- Germany.
Constitutional law-- Germany-- Philosophy-- History.
Droit constitutionnel-- Allemagne-- Histoire-- Philosophie.