Laying Down the Law : : The American Legal Revolutions in Occupied Germany and Japan / / R. W. Kostal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2019
• VerfasserIn: Kostal, R. W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The “Destruction of Philosophies” --; 2. Occupying the Legal Other --; 3. Captive Constitutions --; 4. Crafting Liberal Courts --; 5. Clearing the Spiritual Rubble --; 6. Twilight of the Gods --; Conclusion --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674243811; 9783110652031
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674243811
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: R. W. Kostal.

After WWII, U.S. leaders sought to create liberal rule-of-law regimes in Germany and Japan, but the effort was often unsuccessful. Kostal argues that the manifest failings of America’s own rule-of-law democracy were partially to blame, weakening U.S. credibility and resolve and revealing the country’s ambiguous status as a global moral authority.