Coming to Terms with the Past under the Rule of Law : The German and the Czech Models

Coming to terms with the past in post-Socialism: texts of laws with preparatory materials on statutory limitations in Germany, as well as the law & its constitutional assessment on the illegality of the Communist regime in the Czech Republic} Preface (VII–XVIII) with bibliography followed by—all in fac simile—Initiatives & drafts, and scholarly opinions at the Bundesrat hearing {by MICHAEL BOTHE, BODO PIEROTH, HERBERT TRÖNDLE, FRIEDRICH-CHRISTIAN SCHROEDER}, as well as the Laws I–II on statutory limitations [VerjährungsG 26 March / 27 September 1993], complemented by interview with & letter of HANS-HEINRICH JESCHECK (123–133 & 134–136); and the Czech Law on the illegality of the Communist regime [9 July 1993] & its consitutional assessment [21 December 1993]; with M. CHERIF BASSIOUNI’s expert opinion & Lord KIRKHILL’s letter in appendix (173–174 & 175–176