Föderalismus-Rhetorik-Dekonstruktionen - Rechtsdogmatik als Literaturdogmatik.

»Deconstructing the Rhetoric of Federalism - On Doctrine in Law and Literature. Instrumental Federalism in the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany as a Lyrical Figure of Reading«: In American and German federalism, courts assertively deploy topoi such as >state dignity< or="">Bundestreue< which="" are="" not="" laid="" down="" in="" the="" constitutional="" texts.="" the="" comparative="" study="" scrutinizes="" these="">unwritten< doctrines="" as="" examples="" of="" activist="" judicial="" constitutionalism.="" the="" topoi="" revolve="" around="" anthropomorphic,="">lyrical< notions="" of="">dignity< and="">fidelity<. building="" on="" deconstruction="" in="" literary="" criticism,="" the="" book="" analyzes="" the="" force="" of="" anthropomorphic="" doctrine="" in="" law="" and="">