Legal Entanglements

Law, Rights and the Battle for Legitimacy in Divided Germany, 1945-1989

Sebastian Gehrig (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

342 Seiten

2026
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-83695-391-3 (ISBN)

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Drawing on wide-ranging archival research and recently declassified documents, Legal Entanglements follows the politicians, intellectuals, and other historical actors on both sides of the Berlin Wall who helped their nation to navigate volatile and uncertain legal circumstances.

During the division of Germany, law became the object of ideological conflicts and the means by which the two national governments conducted their battle over political legitimacy. Legal Entanglements explores how these dynamics produced competing concepts of statehood and sovereignty, all centered on citizens and their rights. Drawing on wide-ranging archival sources, including recently declassified documents, Sebastian Gehrig traces how politicians, diplomats, judges, lawyers, activists and intellectuals navigated the struggle between legal ideologies under the pressures of the Cold War and decolonization. As he shows, in their response to global debates over international law and human rights, their work kept the legal cultures of both German states entangled until 1989.

Sebastian Gehrig is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Roehampton, London. He has published chapters and articles in East Central Europe, European Review of History, German History, Historische Zeitschrift, Journal of Cold War Studies and Journal of Contemporary History.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: Trenches

Chapter 1. Legal Rubble

Chapter 2. Old and New Law

Part II: Internationalization

Chapter 3. The Clash of Legal Universes

Chapter 4. Entangled Citizenships

Part III: Universalisms

Chapter 4. International Networking

Chapter 5. Separated by Law

Conclusion: License to Legislate

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2026
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 10 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-83695-391-7 / 1836953917
ISBN-13	978-1-83695-391-3 / 9781836953913
Zustand	Neuware