Politics and the Law in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany : The Origins of the Civil Code

ISBN-13: 9780198227489 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 296 str.

Michael John

Opis

This is the first full-length study of the relationship between political change and the law in Bismarckian and Wilhelmine Germany. John focuses on the preparation of the civil code of 1896 to show how changes in politics affected the ways in which the legal system was considered, and sheds new light on the strengths and weaknesses of German liberalism and the German state, merging ideological and structural explanations for the nature of modern German development.

A study of the relationship between political change and the law in late 19th century Germany, which examines the civil code of 1896, the links between political thought and practice and the strengths and weaknesses of German liberalism and the German state.

Recenzje

`John's linking law and politics is enormously helpful in understanding this crucial epoch in German history.' NSlavic Review

Spis treści

Abbreviations; Introduction; The theory and practice of Codification, 1814-1867; The politics of legal unity, 1867-1873; The approach to codification, 1874-1888; The public response and the campaign for legal reform, 1888-1896; The Wilhelmine State and the revision of the code, 1888-1896; The final stage: The civil code in the Bundesrat and Reichstag, 1895-1896; Conclusion