Constitutional and Political Theory: Selected Writings

ISBN-13: 9780198714972 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 280 str.

Ernst-Wolfgang Bockenforde; Mirjam Kunkler; Tine Stein

Opis

In this edition of Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde's definitive work in constitutionalism, law and politics, readers have access to the legal discourse of one of Germany's leading contemporary theorists and former judge of the federal constitutional court, available in the English language for the first time.

Recenzje

Both as a justice and thinker, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde is a towering figure in German law and philosophy. It is past time for the English-speaking world to fully confront his remarkable contributions to modern constitutionalism. Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

O autorze

Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde was a Professor emeritus of Public Law at the University of Freiburg. He is one of the best-known and most influential German legal scholars in the post-war period. From 1983-1996 he served as Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. In the 1960s, Böckenförde was one of the founders of the journal Der Staat - Zeitschrift für Staatslehre, Öffentliches Recht und Verfassungsgeschichte. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party and served as a long-time legal advisor to it. Mirjam Künkler is Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study. Tine Stein is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Kiel.