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Ernst-Wolfgang Boeckenfoerde was once called an intellectual giant with 'three souls'. He was a liberal Catholic deeply devoted to God and the church's Vatican II reforms; a high court judge sworn to uphold the constitution and the Rechtsstaat; and a social democrat bent on fostering greater liberty, justice, and welfare for all. All three souls - and a big mind and heart, too - grapple profoundly in these essays with fundamental questions of abortion, bioethics, religious freedom, human dignity, and much more. * John Witte, Jr., Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University * Boeckenfoerde was a major legal and political thinker who contributed in an important way to the building of post-war German democracy. He still has lessons to teach us all. * Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus, McGill University * This reasoned collection offers a fresh and comprehensive picture of Boeckenfoerde's works on law, religion, and democracy. Page after page, the reader discovers the genuine richness and complexity of the philosophical, historical, and constitutional thinking of one of the outstanding intellectuals of the 20th century. * Marta Cartabia, President of the Italian Constitutional Court *

This reasoned collection offers a fresh and comprehensive picture of Boeckenfoerde's works on law, religion, and democracy. Page after page, the reader discovers the genuine richness and complexity of the philosophical, historical, and constitutional thinking of one of the outstanding intellectuals of the 20th century. * Marta Cartabia, President of the Italian Constitutional Court * Boeckenfoerde was a major legal and political thinker who contributed in an important way to the building of post-war German democracy. He still has lessons to teach us all. * Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus, McGill University * Ernst-Wolfgang Boeckenfoerde was once called an intellectual giant with 'three souls'. He was a liberal Catholic deeply devoted to God and the church's Vatican II reforms; a high court judge sworn to uphold the constitution and the Rechtsstaat; and a social democrat bent on fostering greater liberty, justice, and welfare for all. All three souls - and a big mind and heart, too - grapple profoundly in these essays with fundamental questions of abortion, bioethics, religious freedom, human dignity, and much more. * John Witte, Jr., Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University *

This reasoned collection offers a fresh and comprehensive picture of Boeckenfoerde's works on law, religion, and democracy. Page after page, the reader discovers the genuine richness and complexity of the philosophical, historical, and constitutional thinking of one of the outstanding intellectuals of the 20th century. -- Marta Cartabia, President of the Italian Constitutional Court Boeckenfoerde was a major legal and political thinker who contributed in an important way to the building of post-war German democracy. He still has lessons to teach us all. -- Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus, McGill University Ernst-Wolfgang Boeckenfoerde was once called an intellectual giant with 'three souls'. He was a liberal Catholic deeply devoted to God and the church's Vatican II reforms; a high court judge sworn to uphold the constitution and the Rechtsstaat; and a social democrat bent on fostering greater liberty, justice, and welfare for all. All three souls -- and a big mind and heart, too -- grapple profoundly in these essays with fundamental questions of abortion, bioethics, religious freedom, human dignity, and much more. -- John Witte, Jr., Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University

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Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930-2019) was a Professor emeritus of Public Law at the University of Freiburg. He is one of the best-known and most influential German legal scholars in the post-war period. From 1983-1996 he served as Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. In the 1960s, Böckenförde was one of the founders of the journal Der Staat - Zeitschrift für Staatslehre, Öffentliches Recht und Verfassungsgeschichte. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party and served as a long-time legal advisor to it.

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