Abstract
This chapter looks at dangerous constitutional moments that can occur during any process of transition. It focuses on the deconstruction of the Weimar Constitution in the early 1930s which paved the way for the Nazi terror in Germany and the deconstruction of the Irish Free State Constitution at around the same time, which eventually paved the way for the highly successful 1937 Constitution of Ireland. The chapter suggests that this so-called tactic of legality presents important lessons during moments of heightened sensitivity as one regime transitions into another.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Judges, Transition, and Human Rights |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191695599 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199204939 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22 Mar 2012 |
Keywords
- Constitution of ireland
- Constitutional transition
- Irish free state
- Nazi germany
- Tactic of legality
- Weimar constitution