The constitutional miracle on the Rhine: Towards a history of West German constitutionalism and the Federal Constitutional Court
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Justin Collings. Democracy’s Guardians: A History of the German Federal Constitutional Court, 1951–2001. Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xli, 331. £65. ISBN: 9780198753377. Michaela Hailbronner. Traditions and Transformations: The Rise of German Constitutionalism. Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xi, 211. £60. ISBN: 9780198735427. Falk Jaeger (ed.). Transparenz und Würde: Das Bundesverfassungsgericht und seine Architektur. Jovis Verlag, 2014. Pp. 176. €38. ISBN: 9783868592863.
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