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Author:

Collings, Justin, author.

Title:

Scales of memory : constitutional justice and historical evil / Justin Collings.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xx, 342 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional history--Germany.
Constitutional history--South Africa.
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
National socialism--Germany.
Apartheid--South Africa.
Apartheid.
Constitutional history.
National socialism.
Slavery--Law and legislation.
Germany.
South Africa.
United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index.

Summary:

This book explores the relationship between constitutional interpretation and the memory of historical evil. Specifically, it examines how the constitutional courts of the United States, Germany, and South Africa have grappled, respectively, with the legacies of slavery, Nazism, and apartheid.

Series:

Oxford comparative constitutionalism

ISBN:

9780198858850
019885885X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1191238100

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)