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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kostal, R. W. (Rande W.) (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Law > American influences > History > 20th century. Law > Germany > History > 20th century. Law > Japan > History > 20th century. Germany > Politics and government > 1945-1990. Germany > History > 1945-1955. Japan > Politics and government > 1945-1989. Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952. Reconstruction (1939-1951) > Germany. Reconstruction (1939-1951) > Japan. Germany > Civilization > American influences. Japan > Civilization > American influences. 1900-1999 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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