The German Federal Constitutional Court: The Court Without Limits

by Matthias Jestaedt, Oliver Lepsius, Christoph Möllers, Christoph Schönberger

Overview

This translation into English of the leading German-language work on the Federal Constitutional Court gives an overview of the court's history and role as one of the most influential constitutional courts in recent years. The book consists of four extended, free-standing essays written by each of the authors. The essays cover the historical development and political context of the Court; the Court and the constitution; the Court's approach to judicial reasoning; and the Court in contemporary constitutional theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192512109
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	03/05/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	239
File size:	567 KB

About the Author

Matthias Jestaedt is Professor of Law at Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg. Oliver Lepsius is Professor of Law at the University of Münster. Christoph Möllers is Professor of Public Law and Jurisprudence at Humboldt-University. Christoph Schönberger is Professor of Public Law at the University of Konstanz.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Justin Collings1. Karlsruhe: Notes on a Court, Christoph Schönberger2. Karlsruhe as Phenomenon: What Makes the Court What It Is, Matthias Jestaedt3. The Standard-Setting Power, Oliver Lepsius4. Legality, Legitimacy, and Legitimation of the Federal Constitutional Court, Christoph Möllers

Editorial Reviews

"[T]he authors of this insightful and timely series of four essays ... chart the establishment and development of the court and demonstrate how rapidly it established itself, it's function and its centrality to law making and application in post war West Germany ... This is a timely book. It demonstrates that the public and state authorities of a once young and now mature, central democracy, have embraced judicial oversight. The world did not fall in." — David J Dickson, Solicitor Advocate, Journal of the Law Society of Scotland

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