Empire of law : Nazi Germany, exile scholars and the battle for the future of Europe / Kaius Tuori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuori, Kaius, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in European law and policy

Cambridge studies in european law and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jurisprudence--Europe--History--20th century.

Jurisprudence.

National socialism.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 313 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

European legal integration is often justified with reference to the inherent unity of European legal traditions that extend to ancient Rome. This book explores the invention of this tradition, tracing it to a group of legal scholars divided by the onslaught of Nazi terror and totalitarianism in Europe. As exiles in Britain and the US, its formulators worked to build bridges between the Continental and the Atlantic legal traditions, incorporating ideas such as rule of law, liberty and equality to the European heritage. Others joined the Nazi revolution, which promoted its own idea of European unity. At the end of World War Two, natural law and human rights were incorporated into the European project. The resulting narrative of Europe, one that outlined human rights, rule of law and equality, became consequently a unifying factor during the Cold War as the self-definition against the challenge of communism.

Contents:

Introduction

Legal refugees from Nazi Germany and the idea of liberty

Redefining the rule of law, jurisprudence and the totalitarian state

The long legal tradition and the European heritage in Nazi Germany

Reconfiguring European legal tradition after the war

The European narrative and the tradition of rights

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Mar 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108678582

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