Civil Disobedience and the German Courts
In the 1980s the West German Peace Movement -- fearing that the stationing of NATO nuclear missiles in Germany threatened an imminent nuclear war in Europe -- engaged in massive protests, including sustained civil disobedience in the form of sit-down demonstrations. Civil Disobedience and the German Courts traces the historical and philosophical background of this movement and follows a group of demonstrators through their trials in the German criminal courts up to the German Constitutional Court -- in which their fate was determined in two important constitutional cases. In this context, the volume also analyzes the German Constitutional Court, as a crucial institution of government, in comparative perspective.The book is the first full-length English language treatment of these events and constitutional decisions, and it also places the decisions at an important turning-point in German constitutional history.
| Autor: | E. Quint, Peter |
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| EAN: | 9780415442855 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 304 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Taylor & Francis |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 17.04.2008 |
| Untertitel: | The Pershing Missile Protests in Comparative Perspective |
| Schlagworte: | Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1949-1990); Politik/Zeitgeschichte ab '68 Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1949-1990); Recht Friedensbewegung NATO-Doppelbeschluß Ziviler Ungehorsam |
| Größe: | 138 × 216 |
| Gewicht: | 482 g |
