Michael John

Politics and the Law in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany

The Origins of the Civil Code

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This first full-length study of the relationship between political change and the law in Bismarckian and Wilhelmine Germany throws new light on the strengths and weaknesses of German liberalism and the German state, merging ideological and structural explanations for the 'peculiar' nature of modern German development. Focusing on the preparation of the civil code of 1896, it shows how changes in politics affected the ways in which the legal system was considered. The responses of the state, political parties, and interest groups to these changes are analysed to give a detailed picture of the links between political thought and political practice. These links were part of a distinctively German political culture which conditioned the responsiveness of the state to calls for reform.

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780198227489
• ISBN-10: 0198227485
• Artikelnr.: 22111969

Inhaltsangabe

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