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Rezension zu Markus Wolf, Gerechtigkeit als Dekonstruktion.Zur kulturellen Form von Recht und Demokratie nach Jacques Derrida. Konstanz: Konstanz University Press 2019. 375 Seiten.

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An introduction & chronology of the case of Markus Wolf, who was convicted of espionage in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 6 Dec 1993. German law, the Unification Treaty of 1990, & the Hague Convention on Land Wars all state that individuals cannot be tried for treason for countries of which they are not a member, nor for countries that no longer exist. Wolf was convicted of treason against the FRG while working for the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). It is argued that the trial of Wolf was used as a political tool by FRG politicians to delegitimize the former GDR. Attempts to portray Wolf as a villain are misleading. Wolf is found to be an ardent antifascist, democratic socialist interested in glasnost', & a member of the radical Jewish movement. Wolf's final statement before the Regional Court of Appeals in Dusseldorf is included. D. Karjanen