| The Rule of Law Under Siege: Selected Essays of Franz L. Neumann and Otto Kirchheimer Volume 9 Contributor(s): Scheuerman, William E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520203798 ISBN-13: 9780520203792 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $62.37 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: In the pathbreaking essays collected here, some of which have never before been translated, Neumann and Kirchheimer demonstrate that the death of democracy and the rise of fascism in much of central Europe during the first half of the twentieth century suggest crucial lessons for contemporary political and legal scholars. The volume includes writings on constitutionalism, the liberal rule of law, Nazi law, sovereignty, and political freedom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 340.11 |
| LCCN: 96002157 |
| Series: Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.39" W x 9.32" (1.30 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the pathbreaking essays collected here, Neumann and Kirchheimer demonstrate that the death of democracy and the rise of fascism during the first half of the twentieth century suggest crucial lessons for contemporary political and legal scholars. The volume includes writings on constitutionalism, political freedom, Nazism, sovereignty, and both Nazi and liberal law. Most important, the Frankfurt authors point to the continuing efficacy of the rule of law as an instrument for regulating and restraining state authority, as well as ominous evidence of the rule of law's fragility in modern liberal democracy. |