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Das Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin - Institute for Advanced Study
gilt international als eines der erfolgreichsten seiner Art. Im
Herbst 2006 feiert es sein 25-jahriges Bestehen. Dieses Jubilaum
ist Anlass fur ein Resume: Namhafte deutsche und auslandische
Autoren, die zumeist Fellows des Wissenschaftskollegs waren,
beschreiben dessen Entwicklung sowie die Erfahrungen auf
verschiedenen Wissensfeldern."
Dieter Grimm's accessible introduction to the concept of
sovereignty ties the evolution of the idea to historical events,
from the religious conflicts of sixteenth-century Europe to today's
trends in globalization and transnational institutions. Grimm
wonders whether recent political changes have undermined notions of
national sovereignty, comparing manifestations of the concept in
different parts of the world. Geared for classroom use, the study
maps various notions of sovereignty in relation to the people, the
nation, the state, and the federation, distinguishing between
internal and external types of sovereignty. Grimm's book will
appeal to political theorists and cultural-studies scholars and to
readers interested in the role of charisma, power, originality, and
individuality in political rule.
Constitutionalism: Past, Present, and Future is the definitive
collection of Dieter Grimm's most influential writings on
constitutional thought and interpretation. The essays included in
this volume explore the conditions under which the modern
constitution could emerge; they treat the characteristics that must
be given if the constitution may be called an achievement, the
appropriate way to understand and interpret constitutional law
under current conditions, the function of judicial review, the
remaining role of national constitutions in a changing world, as
well as the possibility of supra-national constitutionalism. Many
of these essays have influenced the German and European discussion
on constitutionalism and for the first time, much of the work of
one of German's leading scholars of public law will be available in
the English language.
Dieter Grimm's accessible introduction to the concept of
sovereignty ties the evolution of the idea to historical events,
from the religious conflicts of sixteenth-century Europe to today's
trends in globalization and transnational institutions. Grimm
wonders whether recent political changes have undermined notions of
national sovereignty, comparing manifestations of the concept in
different parts of the world. Geared for classroom use, the study
maps various notions of sovereignty in relation to the people, the
nation, the state, and the federation, distinguishing between
internal and external types of sovereignty. Grimm's book will
appeal to political theorists and cultural-studies scholars and to
readers interested in the role of charisma, power, originality, and
individuality in political rule.
Constitutionalism: Past, Present, and Future will offer a
definitive collection of Professor Dieter Grimm's most important
scholarly writings on constitutional thought and interpretation.
The essays included in this volume explore the conditions under
which the modern constitution could emerge; they treat the
characteristics that must be given if the constitution may be
called an achievement, the appropriate way to understand and
interpret constitutional law under current conditions, the function
of judicial review, the remaining role of national constitutions in
a changing world, as well as the possibility of supra-national
constitutionalism. Many of these essays have influenced the German
and European discussion on constitutionalism and for the first
time, much of the work of one of German's leading scholars of
public law will be available in the English language.
Dieter Grimm is one of the foremost scholars of constitutional law,
constitutional theory, and European law in Germany and worldwide.
His jurisprudential writings have found a large English-language
audience in works such as Constitutionalism: Past, Present, and
Future and The Constitution of European Democracy. This book is a
conversation between Grimm and three scholars of constitutional law
- Oliver Lepsius, Christian Waldhoff, and Matthias Rossbach - on
his background, his childhood under the Nazi regime and the ruins
of post-war Germany, his education in Germany, France, and the
United States, his academic achievements, the main subjects of his
research, his experience as a judge on a leading constitutional
court (especially in the time of pivotal changes in the world after
the fall of the Berlin Wall), and his views on actual challenges
for law and society. Grimm also speaks about his attitude toward
European integration where he is best known for his thesis that one
of the biggest but least noticed causes for the lack of democratic
legitimacy of the EU is its 'over-constitutionalization'. The book
is an invaluable source of information on an outstanding career and
the functioning of constitutional adjudication that the reader
would not find in legal textbooks or treatises. The Times Literary
Supplement, reviewing the German edition, stated: "For anyone
wishing to understand the respect for the rule of law in modern
Germany, this book is highly recommended."
Die Rechtswissenschaft versteht sich traditionell nicht in erster
Linie als Wissenschaft von der Herstellung richtigen Rechts oder
als Wissenschaft von der richtigen Herstellung des Rechts. Sie wilJ
vielrnehr vor allern Wissenschaft vorn richtigen Verstandnis und
der richtigen Anwendung des geltenden Rechts sein. .Irn Zentrurn
steht die Rechtsdogrnatik. Rechtskritik und Gesetzesreforrn werden
keineswegs gernieden, aber doch vorwiegend bei Gelegenheit der
dogrnatischen Behandlung des geltenden Rechts rniterledigt. AIs
Teildisziplin der Rechtswissenschaft oder gar zurn Ausbildungskanon
gehorendes Lehrfach haben sich Gesetzgebungslehre und Rechtspolitik
bis heute nicht etablieren konnen. Allerdings laBt sich seit den
siebziger Jahren ein zunehmendes Interesse an wissenschaftlich
angeleiteter Rechtspolitik und Gesetzgebung beobachten, das seinen
Grund in einer Veranderung der Staatstiitigkeit hat. Der Ubergang
zur sozial-liberalen Koalition irn Jahre 1969 war zugleich der
Ubergang von einer f vorwiegend auf die Ordnung und Garantie
bestehender gesellschaftlicher V- hiiltnisse bezogenen Politik zu
verrnehrter politischer Steuerung und Urngestal tung
gesellschaftlicher Verhiiltnisse. Das hatte betriichtliche
rechtspolitische Aktivitiiten iiberwiegend verrechtlichender und
nur teilweise deregulierender' Natur, insgesarnt jedenfalls eine
ansteigende Gesetzesflut und eine stiirkere Instrurnentalisierung
des Rechts sowie die zunehmende Verwendung finaler statt,
konditionaler Programmierung, auch Experirnentier- und Zeitgesetze
zur Folge."
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The Question of Europe (Paperback)
Perry Anderson, Peter Gowan; Contributions by Alan S. Milward, Anthony D. Smith, Conor Cruise O'Brien, …
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Contemporary European politics seems to be gripped by a stifling
conformism, an uninspiring uniformity of outlook which afflicts all
the major parties. However, if there is one issue which does
divide-though with the fault-lines within just as much as between
right and left-it is the question of Europe, the future of the
Union. But, for all the heat generated by the debate between
Eurosceptics and Europhiles, and the vivid claims and counterclaims
about federalism or the fate of national sovereignty, there is
widespread public confusion about what is at issue-partly because
of the opaque nature of the Community's institutions, and partly
because much that is written on the subject is jargon or
officalese. The Question of Europe offers an antidote, by
collecting some of the liveliest and sharpest commentary on Europe,
across the full political spectrum, from leading authorities in the
study of history, economics, philosophy, culture and sociology.
Eminent German, Italian, French, Swedish and Irish writers are
included, as well as key figures from Britain and the US. Looking
paranormically at the past, present and future of integration, The
Question of Europe brings polemic and scholarship together to offer
us a new way of approaching the Union.
Europe is in crisis. With rising unrest among citizens of EU member
states exemplified by the UK's decision to leave the EU, and the
growing popularity of anti-EU political parties, Dieter Grimm
presents the argument that Europe has to change its method of
further integration or risks failure. This book, containing essays
many of which have not been published in the English language to
date, explores how the EU has become over-constitutionalized. Grimm
argues that this has left the EU with a democratic deficit leading
to the alienation of citizens. This book highlights Europe's
democracy problem. The most prominent argument running throughout
is that the EU and its decision-making processes have become
over-constitutionalized. This is due to the constitutionalization
of European treaties, which has occurred by raising them to the
eminence of a constitution as a result of the jurisprudence of the
European Court of Justice. However, the treaties contain provisions
that would be ordinary law in member states. The fact that they
enjoy constitutional status in Europe detaches them from the
democratic processes in the member states and the EU itself, and
contributes to the growing independence of the EU's executive and
judicial institutions. The book also asserts that currently the EU
does not have enough sources of legitimation to uphold itself,
surviving solely on the legitimation provided by member states. One
popular remedy is the suggestion of 'parliamentarization' of the
EU, giving the European Parliament the powers typically possessed
by national parliaments as a means of heightening its legitimation.
This is criticized by Grimm as expanding the Parliament's powers
would not change the effects of over-constiutionalization as the
Parliament is inferior to the constitution. In order to reduce the
EU's legitimacy deficit, Grimm makes several recommendations. The
repoliticization of the decision-making processes, which can be
achieved by reducing treaties to the capacity necessary for their
constitutional function; the reinvigoration of European Parliament
elections, by having 'Europeanized' parties to increase engagement
with European society and give voters the opportunity to more
immediately influence European politics; and a new division of
powers based on subject matter to restrain European expansionism,
reserving particular areas of policy to the responsibility of
member states even if this affects the common market.
Dieter Grimm ist einer der führenden Gelehrten des Öffentlichen
Rechts und einer der wichtigsten juristischen Zeitzeugen der
Bundesrepublik. Er hat nicht nur in herausgehobener Funktion an der
deutschen Rechtsentwicklung mitgewirkt und über sie nachgedacht,
er ist auch ein international wahrgenommener Beobachter und
Themensetzer. In diesem wissenschaftsbiographischen Interview
berichtet er über Erfahrungen und Hintergründe, die weder in
Gerichtsentscheidungen noch in wissenschaftlichen Publikationen zur
Sprache kommen.
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