Jo Eric Khushal Murkens

From Empire to Union

Conceptions of German Constitutional Law Since 1871

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examining the modern development of German constitutional thought, this book traces the key public law concepts of state, constitution, sovereignty, and democracy from their emergence in the 19th century through to the present day. It analyses the fraught constitutional relationship between Germany and the EU from a sociological perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780199671885
• ISBN-10: 0199671885
• Artikelnr.: 36622462

Autorenporträt

Dr Jo Murkens is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I: Constitutional Law as a Discipline
* 1: The Emergence of Constitutional Law as a Positive Discipline
* 2: The Rejection of Constitutional Law as a Positive Discipline
* Part II: Constitutional Law as a Method
* 3: Staatsrecht and Verfassungsrecht
* 4: External Application to the European Union
* Part III: Constitutional Law as Political Jurisprudence
* 5: Sovereignty and Continuity
* 6: The Interpretation of the Basic Law by the Federal Constitutional
Court
* 7: The Structure of the Federal Constitutional Court's Decisions in
Maastricht and Lisbon
* Conclusion
* Appendix: Excerpts from the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of
Germany