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The Making of a German Constitution is one of the first books to explore the important place of the theory and practice of private law (civil law) in the transformation of Modern Germany's fin-de-siècle constitutional arrangements. Reading sources from early nineteenth-century private law scholarship, the book offers a thought-provoking and novel understanding of German political development. The author argues that the German idea of sovereignty grew out of a dual conception of law not only as the product of socio-political transformation, but also as a means to it. In the short term, a modern social and political system in Germany was attained through non-violent means and the domestic authority of the Kaiser was severely limited by law. However, the exclusive bourgeois socio-political arrangements that were installed in this era led to considerable discontent in German society, particularly with regard to gender and class tensions. The “slow Bürgerliche Revolution” thus contributed to the traumatic ruptures that mark German history in the first third of the twentieth century. Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction: Transforming the Reich: Toward a New Political History of Modern Germany......Page 16 Historiographical Background......Page 21 Sources and Structure of the Book......Page 29 1. Prelude to Modern Germany: Iurisdictio and the German Idea of Sovereignty......Page 42 Conflict of the Laws......Page 44 Romanization of Local Iurisdictio and the Idea of Sovereignty......Page 51 Classical Humanism and Evangelical Jurisprudence......Page 53 Hermann Conring and Early Modern Legal Radicalism......Page 59 Prelude to Modern Constitutional Transformation......Page 62 2. Toward a German Nation: Friedrich Karl von Savigny and the Growth of Legal Politics......Page 72 Historiography on Savigny......Page 74 Biography......Page 77 War in the Rhineland......Page 81 The Glory of the Emperor?......Page 83 Refining the Old Common Law of Europe......Page 90 The Thibaut-Savigny Controversy Revisited......Page 94 Politics and Modern Legislation......Page 97 3. Images of the Gemeinwesen : The Germanists and the Growth of Customary Law Constitutionalism......Page 114 The Politics of Roman Legal History......Page 115 The Germanists and the Vaterländisches Recht......Page 121 Legal Antiquarianism and Images of the Gemeinwesen......Page 125 The Age of Recovery......Page 135 4. Undermining Absolutism: The Path of Legalism and Constituting the Nation 1846–1879......Page 146 The Germanisten Conferences......Page 148 Procedural Reform......Page 152 The New Periodicals......Page 159 Commercial Law......Page 162 The Civil Code of Saxony......Page 165 Impact of Unification on Constitutional Transformation......Page 169 5. A Century of Promise: Eheliches Güterrecht, Women's Wealth and Independence in Nineteenth-Century Germany......Page 182 Legal Particularism......Page 183 Marital Property Relations......Page 185 Women's Wealth and Local Courts......Page 194 Women's Economic and Professional Expectations......Page 198 6. Last Bastion: The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch and the Transformation of German Society......Page 204 The Father of the Code......Page 205 The Lay of the Imperial Land......Page 209 Legislating the Gemeinwesen......Page 216 Articles of Introduction......Page 226 7. Discontent in the Bürgerliche Society 1900–1933: Exclusion and Popular Resentment......Page 234 The Politics of Matriarchy......Page 236 Mutterrecht and the Foundations of Social Democratic Constitutionalism......Page 242 Mutterrecht and Motherhood......Page 245 Discontent in the Republics: A Continuity in German History......Page 248 8. Conclusion: The German Idea of Revolution: Some Final Thoughts......Page 266 Bibliography......Page 282 B......Page 304 D......Page 305 G......Page 306 L......Page 307 P......Page 308 S......Page 309 W......Page 310 Z......Page 311

The Making of a German Constitution is one of the first books to explore the important place of the theory and practice of private law (civil law) in the transformation of Modern Germany's fin-de-siècle constitutional arrangements. Reading sources from early nineteenth-century private law scholarship, the book offers a thought-provoking and novel understanding of German political development. The author argues that the German idea of sovereignty grew out of a dual conception of law not only as the product of socio-political transformation, but also as a means to it.

In the short term, a modern social and political system in Germany was attained through non-violent means and the domestic authority of the Kaiser was severely limited by law. However, the exclusive bourgeois socio-political arrangements that were installed in this era led to considerable discontent in German society, particularly with regard to gender and class tensions. The “slow Bürgerliche Revolution” thus contributed to the traumatic ruptures that mark German history in the first third of the twentieth century.

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 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 The Germanist and the growth of customary law constitutionalism Undermining absolutism : the path of legalism and constituting the nation, 1846-1879 A century of promise : Eheliches Guterrecht, women's wealth and independence in nineteenth century Germany Last bastion : the Burgerliches Gesetzbuch and the transformation of German society Discontent in the Burgerliche society, 1900-1933 : Exclusion and popular resentment The German idea of revolution, some final thoughts. Explores the important place of the theory and practice of private law (civil law) in the transformation of Modern Germany's fin-de-siecle constitutional arrangements. This book offers a thought-provoking and novel understanding of German political development