History

Sophie Kultzen's comparative study of Claudian and Prudentius sheds new light on pagan-Christian interactions in poetic works. Beyond ideological differences and the individual characterization of literary figures, both authors are united by the importance they attach to the idea of Roma aeterna .

The monetary and economic reform of June 1948 is considered the birth of the social market economy in Germany. Melvin John examines the history of ideas that led to the liberalisation of consumer goods prices at that time, probing in particular the theoretical works of Ludwig Erhard.

Oscar Weller looks at the life of Norman Bentwich, the first Attorney General in the British League of Nations Mandate of Palestine. Bentwich was a committed Zionist and at the same time the highest legal official in the British Mandate administration. This conflict of interests renders Bentwich a fascinating figure in legal history.

Karl Loewenstein (1891-1973) – eminent jurist and political scientist, creator of the idea of militant democracy, co-founder of political science in Germany – wrote an illuminating account of politics, public life, and the cultural background of constitutional thinking in the twentieth century. Fifty years after his death, Oliver Lepsius, Robert Chr. van Ooyen and Frank Schale have edited his simultaneously sharp-minded and entertaining autobiography, now available in an improved 2nd edition.