Publisher's Synopsis
In this book, distinguished scholars range widely across time and place to explore the contours of law and totalitarianism. National studies range from the fascist periods in Spain, Italy and Germany to Communist totalitarianism and beyond in Eastern Europe over the post-war period. Perspectives reach back to Byzantium, out to Oceania and South Africa before the end of apartheid. Theoretical analyses demonstrates that totalitarian law perverts the societies in which it operates. It also exposes the urgent, not adequately explored, problem of studying the social consequences of different pos?totalitarian systems. - This book will be a vital companion to a sophisticated understanding of the complex ways the law aids and subverts totalitarianism in its many forms.
