Otto Kirchheimer Knihy

The book investigates how regimes manipulate criminal justice systems to serve political ends, focusing on the interplay between politics and justice. Kirchheimer systematically analyzes various forms of legal repression, including political trials and state protection structures. He examines significant historical examples like the Nuremberg trials and Communist purge trials, while also exploring the complexities of asylum and clemency. This work contributes to the fields of constitutional and criminal law, political science, and social psychology, highlighting the tension between justice and political expediency.

The book features a collection of significant essays from the pre-Nazi era in Germany, exploring the potential for establishing a social democratic system during the Weimar Republic. It delves into the political climate and constitutional challenges faced by the first German Republic, providing insights into the aspirations and obstacles of that transformative period.

Politische Justiz gilt als das Hauptwerk von Otto Kirchheimer (1905–1965). In der Übersetzung von Arkadij R. L. Gurland liegt das Standardwerk zur historischen und vergleichenden Analyse der politischen Justiz und dem Wandel der Rechtsstaatlichkeit jetzt wieder vor. Die korrigierte Neuausgabe schließt mit einer ausführlichen Darstellung der Editionsgeschichte von Politische Justiz sowie der werkbiografischen Hintergründe ab.