Author | Plischke, Elmer. author |
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Title | Government and Politics of Contemporary Berlin [electronic resource] / by Elmer Plischke |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1963 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9135-7 |
Descript | 119 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- Berlin DividedโA City of Contrasts -- Governmental Heritage -- Early Postwar Developments Under Allied Occupation -- Complexity of Governance -- 2. Allied Governmental Authority -- โStatement of Principlesโ for Berlin -- The Allied Kommandatura -- 3. Constitutional System -- Temporary Constitution of 1946 -- Abortive Constitution of 1948 -- Division of Berlin -- Constitution of 1950 -- Amending the Constitution -- 4. Governmental System -- Electoral Law -- The Legislature -- The Executive -- Executive-Legislative Relations -- The Judiciary -- Government of East Berlin -- The Berlin Bezirke (Boroughs) -- 5. Politics and Elections -- Political Parties -- Communist Party (KPD) -- Early Elections -- Elections Since 1950 -- 6. Legal and Political Status of Berlin -- Legal Prerogatives of World-War-II Allies -- Legal Status of the Kommandatura -- Berlin and the West German Federation -- East Berlin and the East German Republic -- Concluding Statement -- BerlinโPawn of the Powers -- Appendices -- Selected Bibliography -- Charts and Tables -- 1. Allied Control of Germany and Berlin, 1946 -- 2. Allied Kommandatura, 1951 -- 3. Allied Kommandatura, 1961 -- 4. Structure of Berlin Government Following 1946 Elections -- 8. Structure of East Berlin Government, 1961 -- Table I. Berlin Election Results -- Appendices -- 1. Protocol on Zones of Occupation in Germany and Administration of Greater Berlin, September 12, 1944โExcerpts -- 2. Agreement on Control Machinery in Germany, November 14, 1944โExcerpts -- 3. Quadripartite Statement on Zones of Occupation in Germany, June 5, 1945 -- 4. Quadripartite Statement on Control Machinery in Germany, June 5, 1945โExcerpts -- 5. Allied Agreement on Quadripartite Administration of Berlin, July 7, 1945 -- 6. Kommandatura Order No. 1, July 11, 1945 -- 7. Declaration by Western Commandants to Continue Operation of Kommandatura, December 21, 1948 -- 8. Statement of Principles for Berlin, 1949 -- 9. Instrument of Revision of Statement of Principles, 1951 -- 10. Allied Declaration on Berlin, May 5, 1955 -- 11. Kommandatura Letter Approving Constitution of 1950 -- 12. Berlin Constitution of 1950