Laying down the law the American legal revolutions in Occupied Germany and Japan

At the close of the Second World War, it became the policy of the United States to cause the permanent demilitarization of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan by their compulsory democratization during a period of military occupation. For American leaders, the indispensable precondition of the democrati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kostal, R. W. (Rande W.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2019
Temas:
1900-1999
Law > American influences > History > 20th century.
Law > Germany > History > 20th century.
Law > Japan > History > 20th century.
Reconstruction (1939-1951) > Germany.
Reconstruction (1939-1951) > Japan.
Droit > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Droit > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Reconstruction, 1939-1951 > Allemagne.
Reconstruction, 1939-1951 > Japon.
LAW > Legal History.
Civilization > American influences
Law
Law > American influences
Politics and government
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Germany > Politics and government > 1945-1990.
Germany > History > 1945-1955.
Japan > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Germany > Civilization > American influences.
Japan > Civilization > American influences.
Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1990.
Allemagne > Histoire > 1945-1955.
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
Japon > Histoire > 1945-1952 (Occupation alliée)
Germany
Japan
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Laying down the law in Occupied Germany and Japan
  • 'The destruction of philosophies': planning the legal reconstruction of Germany and Japan
  • Occupying the legal other: the subjugation of the German and Japanese legal systems
  • Captive constitutions: remaking constitutional law in Occupied Germany and Japan
  • Crafting liberal courts: reconstituting the German and Japanese judiciaries
  • Clearing the spiritual rubble: reforming criminal justice in Occupied Germany and Japan
  • Twilight of the gods: the rise and fall of civil liberties in Occupied Germany and Japan
  • Conclusion: Laying down the law: Americans as legal revolutionaries

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