Laying Down the Law: The American Legal Revolutions in Occupied Germany and Japan

After WWII, U.S. leaders sought to create liberal rule-of-law regimes in Germany and Japan, but the effort was often unsuccessful. Kostal argues that the manifest failings of America's own rule-of-law democracy were partially to blame, weakening U.S. credibility and resolve and revealing the co...

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Main Author: Kostal, R. W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2019]
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Summary:After WWII, U.S. leaders sought to create liberal rule-of-law regimes in Germany and Japan, but the effort was often unsuccessful. Kostal argues that the manifest failings of America's own rule-of-law democracy were partially to blame, weakening U.S. credibility and resolve and revealing the country's ambiguous status as a global moral authority
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (432 pages)
ISBN:9780674243811
DOI:10.4159/9780674243811