The Imperfect Union : : Constitutional Structures of German Unification /

The Imperfect Union : : Constitutional Structures of German Unification / / Peter E. Quint.

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In the mid-summer of 1989 the German Democratic Republic-- known as the GDR or East Germany--was an autocratic state led by an entrenched Communist Party. A loyal member of the Warsaw Pact, it was a counterpart of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), which it confronted with a mixture of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Quint, Peter E.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©1997
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (496 p.) :; 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction
  • PART I. From Revolution to Accession: Constitutional Change in Eastern Germany
  • CHAPTER 2. The Background of German Unification
  • CHAPTER 3. Political Revolution in the GDR, 1989-1990
  • CHAPTER 4. Constitutional Reform in the GDR, 1989-1990: Historical Background and the Round Table Draft
  • CHAPTER 5. Constitutional Reform in the GDR, 1989-1990: Amending the Constitution
  • CHAPTER 6. Methods of Unification under the Basic Law
  • CHAPTER 7. The State Treaty: Currency and Economic Union
  • CHAPTER 8. The Final Months of the Volkskammer: Constitutional Problems of Accession and the First All-German Election
  • CHAPTER 9. Reconstitution of the Eastern Länder
  • PART II. The Unification Treaty and Beyond
  • CHAPTER 10. The Unification Treaty and Amendment of the Basic Law
  • CHAPTER 11. The Fate of "Socialist Property": Restitution, Compensation, and the Work of the Treuhand
  • CHAPTER 12. The Unification of Abortion Law
  • CHAPTER 13. The Transformation of Eastern Institutions: The Civil Service, the Universities, and the Justice System
  • CHAPTER 14. Undoing the Past: Prosecution of GDR Leaders and Officials
  • CHAPTER 15. Undoing the Past: "Rehabilitation" and Compensation
  • CHAPTER 16. Confronting the Past: The Stasi Files
  • PART III. The External Constitution
  • CHAPTER 17. The European Context of Unification and the Reserved Rights of the World War II Allies
  • CHAPTER 18. The Oder-Neiße Line and the Map of Central Europe
  • CHAPTER 19. NATO and the Pact System
  • CHAPTER 20. The Two Plus Four Treaty and the Legal Status of Germany
  • CHAPTER 21. Sequels and Consequences of the Two Plus Four Treaty: Germany and the Structure of Central Europe
  • CHAPTER 22. United Germany and the Western Security System: The Future Role of German Armed Forces
  • CHAPTER 23. The Unification of Germany and the Unification of Europe: European Community and European Union
  • CHAPTER 24. Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMS
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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