The German Federal Constitutional Court The Court Without Limits

Description

• Author(s)
  Matthias Jestaedt; Oliver Lepsius; Christoph Möllers; Christoph Schönberger
• Publisher
  OUP Oxford
• Format
  PDF
• Print ISBN
  9780198793540, 0198793545
• eText ISBN
  9780198793540, 0198793545
• Edition
• Copyright
• Details
  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.