Scales of memory : constitutional justice and historical evil /
Collings, Justin,
Scales of memory : constitutional justice and historical evil / Justin Collings. - First edition. - 1 online resource (368 pages). - Oxford comparative constitutionalism Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford comparative constitutionalism. Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This monograph explores how the constitutional courts in the United States, Germany, and South Africa have invoked slavery, Nazism, and apartheid - three historical evils - as an aid in constitutional interpretation. It examines how the memory of evil pasts moulds constitutional meaning in the contested present.
Specialized.
9780191890963 (ebook) : No price
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional history--Germany.
Constitutional history--South Africa.
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
National socialism--Germany.
Apartheid--South Africa.
K3161
342.029
Scales of memory : constitutional justice and historical evil / Justin Collings. - First edition. - 1 online resource (368 pages). - Oxford comparative constitutionalism Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford comparative constitutionalism. Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This monograph explores how the constitutional courts in the United States, Germany, and South Africa have invoked slavery, Nazism, and apartheid - three historical evils - as an aid in constitutional interpretation. It examines how the memory of evil pasts moulds constitutional meaning in the contested present.
Specialized.
9780191890963 (ebook) : No price
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional history--Germany.
Constitutional history--South Africa.
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
National socialism--Germany.
Apartheid--South Africa.
K3161
342.029