The Remnants of the Rechtsstaat - An Ethnography of Nazi Law
| Verlag | Oxford University Press |
| Auflage | 2018 |
| Seiten | 448 |
| Format | 14,4 x 21,8 x 2,9 cm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0198814410 |
| EAN | 9780198814412 |
| Bestell-Nr | 19881441EA |
This book offers an intellectual history of Ernst Fraenkel\'s classic The Dual State (1941), recently republished by OUP, and one of the most erudite books on the theory of dictatorship ever written. It was the first comprehensive analysis of the nature and rise of Nazism, and the only such analysis written from within Hitler\'s Germany.
Klappentext:
This book is an intellectual history of Ernst Fraenkel\'s The Dual State (1941, reissued 2017), one of the most erudite books on the theory of dictatorship ever written. Fraenkel\'s was the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and nature of Nazism, and the only such analysis written from within Hitler\'s Germany. His sophisticated-not to mention courageous-analysis amounted to an ethnography of Nazi law. As a result of its clandestine origins, The Dual State hasbeen hailed as the ultimate piece of intellectual resistance to the Nazi regime. In this book, Jens Meierhenrich revives Fraenkel\'s innovative concept of "the dual state," restoring it to its rightful place in the annals of public law scholarship. Blending insights from legal theory and legal history, he tells in an accessible manner the remarkable gestation of Fraenkel\'s ethnography of law from inside the belly of the behemoth. In addition to questioning the conventional wisdom about the law of the Third Reich, Meierhenrich explores the legal origins of dictatorshipelsewhere, then and now. The book sets the parameters for a theory of the "authoritarian rule of law," a cutting edge topic in law and society scholarship with immediate policy implications.
Rezension:
As early as 1938, Ernst Fraenkel, a German labor lawyer and social democrat chased out of Germany because of his Jewish origin attempted an analysis of Nazi law. He argued that law and lawlessness existed side-by-side, and deviously complemented one another. Meierhenrich has carefully and admirably excavated this intellectual achievement, and reimagined Fraenkels dual state for the twenty-first century. This is a terrific book and of immediate relevance for understanding the present: dual states are everywhere. Michael Stolleis, Professor of Public Law Emeritus, University of Frankfurt, and formerly Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History