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The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2nd ed.

Donald P Kommers author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Duke University Press

Published:14th Jan '97

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Kommers’s comprehensive work surveys the development of German constitutional doctrine between 1949, when the Federal Constitutional Court was founded, and 1996. Extensively revised and expanded to take into account recent developments since German unification, this second edition describes the background, structure, and functions of the Court and provides extensive commentary on German constitutional interpretation, and includes translations of seventy-eight landmark decisions. These cases include the highly controversial religious liberty and free speech cases handed down in 1995.

“Lawyers will benefit from the way Kommers has situated legal material in its political context, and political scientists will have a clear, accurate, and readable account of the law.”—Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard Law School
Praise for the first edition:
The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany is a gold mine for scholars interested in German or West European politics, for those interested in comparative law and comparative politics as well. It fills an aching void in our knowledge.”—Walter F. Murphy, Princeton University

ISBN: 9780822318323

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648 pages

Second Edition, Revised