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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © 1991 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
- ISSN
- 0002-919X
- eISSN
- 2326-9197
- DOI
- 10.2307/840739
- Publisher site
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Abstract
NORBERT HORN Th e Lawful Germa n Revolution : Privatization and Marke t Econom y in a Re-Unified Germany INTRODUCTION. THE HOUR OF THE LEGISLATOR German re-unification and the conversion of the failed socialist system in th e former German Democratic Republic (GDR) into a de mocracy and market economy was th e hour of th e lawmaker. Never before was the crucial and vital role of the law so much felt in Ger many but during th e decisive year of 1990, whe n first the Treaty on the Monetary, Economic and Social Union was concluded between th e then two German States on May 18, soon followed by the Treaty on Unification on August 31; bot h treaties were accompa nied by or incorporated a huge mass of legislation. The whole re unification process certainly was not initiated by lawyers. It were th e peaceful demonstrators in Leipzig and other cities on October 9, 1989, that prompted the collapse of th e authority of th e socialist gov ernmen t and the subsequent fall of the Berlin wall on November 9, 1989. It were the wise and farsighted decisions of politicians that paved the way for re-unification.
Journal
American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Oct 1, 1991