Handbook of European Constitutional History in the 19th Century

Bild: Werner Daum

About the Projekt

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Conception

• Target

  The “Handbook of European Constitutional History in the 19th Century” and the accompanying CD-Rom “Sources to European Constitutional History in the 19th Century” are pursuing the edition, analysis, interpretation and the systematically comparing presentation of constitutional and legislative acts of the European countries during the “long 19th century” (ca. 1780-1920) which are significant in national and European respects. The combination of various methodical approaches and ways of depiction, which is characteristic for the project, enhances the accentuation of internationally spreading perspectives as well as the development and usage of an empirical concept of constitution. The creation of the handbook is connected with the expectation to accompany the common perception of the 19th century as an era of national fragmentation with the facts of European connecting lines that exist parallel and contemporaneously, and thus to make use of scientific approaches that were developed by Otto Hintze with his concept of a “General Comparative Constitutional History”.

  The handbook- and editorial project thus combines documentation and analytic depiction. With its outlining and conception, it ensures an extensive comparability of the constitutional development on the European continent (including the Ottoman Empire), and it is orientated according to an expanded and empirical concept of constitution which takes social structures into account as well as it includes the confrontation of constitutional standards and constitutional realities in its depiction of the national and political development.

• Editors and Co-operators in the Project

  The central handling and editing for the entire project are subordinated to Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt (FernUniversität in Hagen), Dr. Werner Daum (FernUniversität in Hagen), Dr. Martin Kirsch (Berlin) und Apl.-Prof. Dr. Arthur Schlegelmilch (FernUniversität in Hagen). The circle of co-operators consists, from volume to volume, of 30-40 scientists from various European countries engaged in different academic fields.

• Promoters

  The project is being promoted by Archiv der Sozialen Demokratie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn and published by Verlag J.H.W. Dietz Nachf., Bonn.

• Methodical Concept

  The project is orientated according to an extended concept of constitution which is supposed to allow the integration of history of social structures and of history of the political/national development and thus render possible the confrontation of constitutional standards and constitutional realities. Therefore it is not based on a normative concept of constitution which is orientated according to today’s legal terms. Instead the general legal and political conditions of national rule are being focussed on. This comprehensive concept of constitution, to which every author of the handbook is committed to, has been made operational by defined criteria and is not only suitable for the analysis of single constitutions and interpretation of national constitutional developments. It also provides a comparative look at the entire European constitutional history as well as it makes constitutional and historical processes of transfer between various countries transparent, as required by the latest scientific research.

• Structure of Contents

  The handbook and the CD-ROM-edition are structured according to an analytic system which investigates the national constitutionality of the single European countries on the basis of 12 constitutional fields:

  • Chapter 1: General description of the country
  • Chapter 2: Constitutional Structure of the Central National Level
  • Chapter 3: The Right to Vote
  • Chapter 4: Fundamental Rights
  • Chapter 5: Administration
  • Chapter 6: Justice
  • Chapter 7: Military
  • Chapter 8: Constitutional Culture
  • Chapter 9: Church
  • Chapter 10: Educational System
  • Chapter 11: Finances
  • Chapter 12: Economic and Social Legislation / Public Welfare

• Scope

  The entire project is chronologically structured into four periods of time, which corresponds to four volumes of the handbook with approximately 800-1300 pages each:

  • Volume 1: Around 1800
  • Volume 2: 1815-1847
  • Volume 3: 1848-1870
  • Volume 4: 1870-1914

  The division of the European constitutional history into time periods has the advantage of a direct comparative approach within the individual time frame that is to be depicted. Each volume can be used individually whereas the whole edition provides a comprehensive survey of European constitutional development in the 19th century.

  Each volume of the handbook is being accompanied by a CD-ROM-edition which contains every constitutional text of a certain period as well as other important texts with relevance for constitutional history (about 1.000 sources per volume with a dimension of about 10.000 print pages). These texts are edited in the original language and partly supplemented with German translations. The majority of the texts are original sources that were so far only accessible in old editions or in ones to which access was hardly possible at all.

  The CD-ROM-edition enables the user to recall texts and individual text passages and consider them comparatively, either in their complete context or analizing them in respect of user-defined notions (full-text search) or according to an corresponding Subject catalogue with 134 search categories (keywords).

Time schedule

Editors

• Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt

  Born in 1948, Prof. em. Dr. phil., 1989–2014 head of the instructional field of modern German and European History at the Fernuniversität in Hagen, 2003–2017 director of the Institute for European Constitutional Sciences in Hagen, Publications on European, especially German history from 18^th to 20^th century.

• Dr. Werner Daum

  Born in 1961, Dr. phil., Coordination of project, 2006-2012 postdoctoral research fellow within the instructional field of modern German and European history at the FernUniversität in Hagen, since autumn 2012 director of the Regional University Center of Karlsruhe (FernUniversität in Hagen), Publications on Modern Italian History, European Constitutional History as well as History of Public Space and Journalism in long 19^th century.

  Tel.: +49 721 93380-990
  Fax: +49 721 93380-996
  E-Mail: werner.daum

• Dr. Martin Kirsch

  Born in 1965; Dr. phil.; formerly Juniorprofessor for Modern History and Didactics, Seminar of History in Landau, Universität Koblenz-Landau; Research Fellow of Gerda Henkel Stiftung at the chair of European History of 20^th Century, Institute of History, Humboldt Universität Berlin; Publications on European, especially French and German Constitutional History and History of Politics of 19^th Century as well as History of Culture and Science of 20^th Century.

• Apl. Prof. Dr. Arthur Schlegelmilch

  Born in 1958, Dr. phil., Apl. Prof., Executive Director of the Institute for History and Biography at FernUniversität in Hagen, lecturer and co-operator within the instructional field of Modern German and European History at the FernUniversität in Hagen as well as at the Institute for European Constitutional Sciences in Hagen, Publications on German Post-War History as well as on European, especially German and Austrian Constitutional History of 19th Century.

Co-operators

• Co-operators Part 1

  Subject	Handbook	CD-ROM-edition
  1.1 International Relations/Treaties	Werner Daum, Berlin	Peter Brandt, Hagen Otfried Czaika, Linköping Werner Daum, Berlin Jörg-Peter Findeisen, Trier Martin Kirsch, Landau Arkadij Jurjevic Minakov, Voronez Kurt Münger, Bern Paul van Peteghem, Nijmegen Elfriede Rembold, Berlin Arthur Schlegelmilch, Hagen Dietmar Wulff, Voronez
  1.2 European Constitutional Thought	Pierangelo Schiera, Trento
  2. Great Britain	Gottfried Niedhart, Mannheim	Elfriede Rembold, Berlin Gottfried Niedhart, Mannheim
  3. France	Martin Kirsch, Landau Werner Daum, Berlin Wolfgang Kruse, Hagen Armin Owzar, Münster Rüdiger Schmidt, Münster	Martin Kirsch, Landau
  4. Italy	Werner Daum, Berlin
  5. Netherlands	Michael Erbe, Mannheim Paul van Pethegem, Nijmegen	Paul van Pethegem, Nijmegen
  6. Switzerland	Christoph Guggenbühl, Zürich
  7. Poland	Boris Pleitner, Oldenburg Eva Tenzer, Oldenburg	Blazej Bialkowski, Berlin Martin Kirsch, Landau
  8. Spain	Walther L. Bernecker, Nürnberg Sören Brinkmann, Nürnberg
  9. Germany and the Habsburg Empire
  9.1 Old "Reich" and Rhine Confederation	Edgar Liebmann, Hagen
  9.2 Napoleonic states in Germany	Rüdiger Ham, Marburg Mario Kandil, Linnich	Martin Kirsch, Landau
  9.3 South German States	Axel Kellmann, Köln Patricia Drewes, Oerlinghausen	Michael Stoyke, Berlin
  9.4 Prussia	Peter Brandt, Hagen Kurt Münger, Bern	Kurt Münger, Bern
  9.5 Austria	Arthur Schlegelmilch, Hagen
  9.6 Hungary	Gábor Paikossy, Budapest
  10. Sweden	Otfried Czaika, Linköping Jörg-Peter Findeisen, Trier
  11. Denmark	Otfried Czaika, Linköping Inger Dübeck, Kopenhagen Katharina Woellert, Hamburg	Inger Dübeck, Kopenhagen Katharina Woellert, Hamburg
  12. Norway	Peter Brandt, Hagen Otfried Czaika, Linköping	Peter Brandt, Hagen Katharina Woellert, Hamburg
  13. Russia	Michail Dmitrievič Karpačev, Voronez	Arkadij Jurjevic Minakov, Voronez Dietmar Wulff, Voronez
  14. Ottoman Empire	Gülnihal Bozkurt, Ankara
  15. Romanian Principalities	Bogdan Murgescu, Bukarest Dietmar Müller, Leipzig	Dietmar Müller, Leipzig
  16. Portugal	António Manuel Hespanha, Lissabon	António Manuel Hespanha, Lissabon André Ventura, Lissabon

• Co-operators Part 2

  Subject	Handbook	CD-ROM-edition
  1.1 International Relations/Treaties	Bardo Fassbender, München	Bardo Fassbender, München Werner Daum, Hagen
  1.2 European Constitutional Thought	Pierangelo Schiera, Trento
  2. Great Britain	Hans-Christof Kraus
  3. France	Martin Kirsch, Landau Daniela Kneißl, Paris
  4. Italy
  4.1 The Kingdoms of Sardinia and the Two Sicilies	Werner Daum, Hagen
  4.2 The central Italian principalities and the Papal States	Francesca Sofia, Bologna
  5. Netherlands	Jeroen van Zanten, Amsterdam	Johannes Koll, Wien Stefaan Marteel, Florenz Jeroen van Zanten, Amsterdam
  6. Belgium	Johannes Koll, Wien	Johannes Koll, Wien Stefaan Marteel, Florenz
  7. Luxembourg	Norbert Franz, Trier
  8. Switzerland	Ulrich Zelger, Zürich
  9. Poland	Martina Thomsen, Leipzig
  10. Spain	Walther L. Bernecker, Nürnberg Jens Späth, München	Brenda Escobar, München Jens Späth, München
  11. Germany and the Hansburg Empire
  11.1 German Confederation	Edgar Liebmann, Wuppertal
  11.2 German states of first constitutionalization	Hartwig Brandt, Marburg
  11.3 German states of second constitutionalization	Ewald Grothe, Wuppertal
  11.4 German states between premodern and modern constitution	Axel Kellmann, Köln
  11.5 Prussia	Monika Wienfort, Berlin
  11.6 Austria	Markus Prutsch, Florenz Arthur Schlegelmilch, Hagen
  11.7 Hungary	András Gergely, Budapest
  11.8 Liechtenstein	Herbert Wille, Bendern	Paul Vogt, Vaduz Herbert Wille, Bendern
  12. Sweden	Otfried Czaika, Stockholm
  13. Denmark	Jens E. Olesen, Greifswald
  14. Norway	Peter Brandt, Hagen	Peter Brandt, Hagen Miriam Horn, Hagen Peer Krumrey, Berlin
  15. Russia	Dietmar Wulff, Bielefeld-Voronez Michail Dmitrievič Karpačev, Voronez	Dietmar Wulff, Bielefeld-Voronez Dmitry Razumov, Berlin
  16. Finland	Frank Nesemann, Leipzig
  17. Ottoman Empire	Tobias Heinzelmann, Zürich	Tobias Heinzelmann, Zürich Veysel Şimşek, Hamilton
  18. Romanian Principalities	Dietmar Müller, Leipzig Bogdan Murgescu, Bukarest Ioan Stanomir, Bukarest
  19. Serbia	Holm Sundhaussen, Berlin Nenad Stefanov, Berlin
  20. Greece	Ioannis Zelepos, Wien	Michael Tsapogas, Athen
  21. Portugal	António Manuel Hespanha, Lissabon

• Co-operators Part 3

  Subject	Handbook	CD-ROM-edition
  1 European Constitutional Thought	Pierangelo Schiera, Trento
  2. Great Britain	Detlev Mares, Darmstadt Jörg Neuheiser, Tübingen
  3. France	Axel Dröber, Freiburg Benjamin Marquart, Freiburg Fabian Rausch, Freiburg	Martin Kirsch, Berlin
  4. Italy	Maria Pia Casalena, Bologna Francesca Sofia, Bologna
  5. Netherlands	Remieg Aerts, Nijmegen
  6. Belgium	Stefaan Marteel, Brüssel
  7. Luxembourg	Norbert Franz, Trier
  8. Switzerland	Marco Jorio, Rüfenacht	Ulrich Zelger, St. Gallen
  9. Poland	Martina Thomsen, Kiel
  10. Spain	Walther L. Bernecker, Nürnberg Alexandre Froidevaux, Berlin	Alexandre Froidevaux, Berlin
  11. Germany and the Habsburg Empire
  11.1 Overall State Level
  11.1.1 Deutsches Reich 1848/49	Thomas Stockinger, Wien	Klaus Seidl, München
  11.1.2 German Confederation	Jürgen Müller, Frankfurt a.M.
  11.1.3 North German Confederation	Christian Jansen, Trier
  11.2 German medium-sized states	Jonas Flöter, Leipzig
  11.3 German micro-states	Stefan Gerber, Jena	Miriam Horn, Hagen
  11.4 Prussia	Anna G. Manca, Trento
  11.5 Austria	Markus Prutsch, Brüssel
  11.6 Hungary	András Cieger, Budapest András Gergely, Budapest
  11.7 Liechtenstein	Herbert Wille, Bendern
  12. Sweden	Per Nilsén, Lund	Otfried Czaika, Oslo
  	Christian Häthén, Lund
  13. Denmark	Elisabeth Haug, Kiel Jens E. Olesen, Greifswald	Jes Fabricius Møller, Kopenhagen
  14. Norway	Peter Brandt, Hagen
  15. Russia	Dietmar Wulff, St. Petersburg
  16. Finland	Robert Schweitzer, Lübeck Frank Nesemann, Speyer
  17. Ottoman Empire	Ozan Erözden, Istanbul Mehmet Hacisalihoglu, Istanbul
  18. Romanian Principalities	Dietmar Müller, Leipzig Bogdan Murgescu, Bukarest
  19. Serbia	Nenad Stefanov, Berlin
  20. Greece	Ioannis Zelepos, München
  21. Portugal	António Manuel Hespanha, Lissabon

• Co-operators Part 4

  Subject	Handbook and edition
  1 European Constitutional Thought	Tristan Barczak, Passau Ulrike Müßig, Passau
  2. Great Britain	Stefan Schieren, Eichstätt
  3. France	Fabian Rausch, Bonn Axel Dröber, Paris Benjamin Marquart, Freiburg Antonin Dubois, Metz
  4. Italy	Francesco Bonini, Roma
  5. Netherlands	Remieg Aerts, Amsterdam Emese von Bóné, Rotterdam Nick Efthymiou, Rotterdam
  6. Belgium	Frederik Dhondt, Brüssel
  7. Luxembourg	Michel Pauly, Luxembourg Thomas Kolnberger, Luxembourg Norbert Franz, Wiesbaden
  8. Switzerland	Andreas Kley, Zürich Thomas Zaugg, Zürich
  9. Poland	Jens Boysen, Warschau
  10. Spain	Walther L. Bernecker, Nürnberg
  11. Germany	Lennart Bohnenkamp, Braunschweig Paul Lukas Hähnel, Düsseldorf
  12. Habsburg Empire
  12.1 Austria	Markus J. Prutsch, Brüssel
  12.2 Hungary	András Cieger, Budapest
  13. Liechtenstein	Cyrus Beck, Gamprin-Bendern
  14. Sweden	Martin Sunnqvist, Lund Julia Björverud, Lund
  15. Denmark and Iceland	Jens Lei Wendel-Hansen, Aarhus
  16. Norway	Peter Brandt, Hagen
  17. Russia	Vitalij Fastovskij, Münster Stephan Rindlisbacher, Frankfurt (Oder)
  18. Finland	Lars Björne, Turku
  19. Ottoman Empire	Erdal Kaynar, Strasbourg
  20. Romania	Dietmar Müller, Leipzig
  21. Serbia	Nenad Stefanov, Berlin
  22. Bulgaria	Markus Wien, Blagoevgrad
  23. Montenegro	Herbert Küpper, München Tomislav Pintarić, München Anna Stupavský, Regensburg
  24. Greece	Ioannis Zelepos, München-Bochum
  25. Portugal	Susana Antas Videira, Lissabon Pedro Barbas Homem, Lissabon Pedro Caridade de Freitas, Lissabon

Publications

Sources - Part 1

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Handbook - Volume 1

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Sources - Part 2

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Handbook - Volume 2

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Sources - Part 3

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