Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Transforming the Reich : toward a new political history of modern Germany -- Prelude to modern Germany : iurisdictio and the German idea of sovereignty -- Toward a German nation : Friedrich Karl von Savigny and the growth of legal politics -- Images of the Gemeinwesen : the Germanists and the growth of customary law constitutionalism -- Undermining absolutism : the path of legalism and constituting the nation 1846-1879 -- A century of promise : Eheliches Güterrecht, women's wealth and independence in nineteenth-century Germany -- Last bastion : the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch and the transformation of German society -- Discontent in the Bürgerliche society 1900-1933 : exclusion and popular resentment -- Conclusion: The German idea of revolution : some final thoughts.
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