PREFACE ix CHAPTER I Introduction 3 PART I. FROM REVOLUTION TO ACCESSION: CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN EASTERN GERMANY 7 CHAPTER 2 The Background of German Unification 9 CHAPTER 3 Political Revolution in the GDR, 1989-1990 15 CHAPTER 4 Constitutional Reform in the GDR, 1989-1990: Historical Background and the Round Table Draft 22 CHAPTER 5 Constitutional Reform in the GDR, 1989-1990: Amending the Constitution 35 CHAPTER 6 Methods of Unification under the Basic Law 47 CHAPTER 7 The State Treaty: Currency and Economic Union 56 CHAPTER 8 The Final Months of the Volkskammer: Constitutional Problems of Accession and the First All-German Election 65 CHAPTER 9 Reconstitution of the Eastern Lander 73 PART H. THE UNIFICATION TREATY AND BEYOND CHAPTER 10 The Unification Treaty and Amendment of the Basic Law 103 CHAPTER 11 The Fate of "Socialist Property": Restitution, Compensation, and the Work of the Treuhand 124 CHAPTER 12 The Unification of Abortion Law 154 CHAPTER 13 The Transformation of Eastern Institutions: The Civil Service, the Universities, and the Justice System 166 CHAPTER 14 Undoing the Past: Prosecution of GDR Leaders and Officials 194 CHAPTER 15 Undoing the Past: "Rehabilitation" and Compensation 216 CHAPTER 16 Confronting the Past: The Stasi Files 229 PART III. THE EXTERNAL CONSTITUTION 245 CHAPTER 17 The European Context of Unification and the Reserved Rights of the World War II Allies 247 CHAPTER 18 The Oder-Neisse Line and the Map of Central Europe 257 CHAPTER 19 NATO and the Pact System 262 CHAPTER 20 The Two Plus Four Treaty and the Legal Status of Germany 268 CHAPTER 21 Sequels and Consequences of the Two Plus Four Treaty: Germany and the Structure of Central Europe 277 CHAPTER 22 United Germany and the Western Security System: The Future Role of German Armed Forces 286 CHAPTER 23 The Unification of Germany and the Unification of Europe: European Community and European Union 297 CHAPTER 24 Conclusion 311 NOTES 317 GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMS 465 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 467 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 469 INDEX 475.