Joanna

Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future

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ISBN 13:: 9781009516945
author:: Joanna
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Cambridge University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2024
Pages:: 202
Dimensions:: 21.6 x 14 x 1.1 centimetres (0.2
Genre:: Nonfiction, Law, General,
Condition:: New
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Radically Legal Berlin Constitutes the Future by Joanna Kusiak is a work of creative non-fiction that tells the story of a grassroots movement in Berlin. A group of ordinary citizens discovered a forgotten clause in the German constitution, which allowed them to reclaim 240,000 homes from multi-billion corporations. This book explores how this movement convinced a million Berliners to pop the speculative housing bubble and offers a vision for democratically held commons and legally managed urban housing. Kusiak connects the dots between the past and present, local and global issues, and shows the potential of radically legal politics as a means of strengthening our democracies and reviving the rule of law. Through an interdisciplinary analysis and her own personal story, Kusiak reveals the power of grassroots activism in shaping urban policy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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