Government and Politics of Contemporary Berlin
Berlin lies more than 100 miles behind the Iron Curtain within the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany. It is not, however, part of that zone. It is a separate political entity for which the four major allies of the war against Nazi tyranny are jointly responsible. Its special status stems from the fact...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1963, 1963
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Berlin—Pawn 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, 1944—Excerpts
- 2. Agreement on Control Machinery in Germany, November 14, 1944—Excerpts
- 3. Quadripartite Statement on Zones of Occupation in Germany, June 5, 1945
- 4. Quadripartite Statement on Control Machinery in Germany, June 5, 1945—Excerpts
- 5. Allied Agreement on Quadripartite Administration of Berlin, July 7, 1945
- 6. Kommandatura Order No. 1, July 11, 1945
- 7. Declarationby Western Commandants to Continue Operation of Kommandatura, December 21, 1948
- 8. Statement of Principles for Berlin, 1949
- 1. Introduction
- Berlin Divided—A City of Contrasts
- Governmental Heritage
- Early Postwar Developments Under Allied Occupation
- Complexity of Governance
- 2. Allied Governmental Authority
- “Statement of Principles” 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