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In 1857, Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903) travelled throughout the territory of the Austrian Empire, as he was working on volumes 3 and 5 of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL). While he never published a full account of his trip, he nevertheless provided a travelogue in the shape of 13 long letters to his wife, family, and friends. These letters offer a rather direct view on the work of a travelling scholar and on Mommsen’s thoughts about the people he met. They also show how Mommsen created an enduring network of local scholars to gather information on epigraphic matters and on newly found inscriptions. Further­more, his reports about the scientific and political situation in the countries that he visited are a rich source for understanding the intellectual world of one of Germany’s most important liberal scholars of the 19th century.

Contemporary constitutional history faces a methodological dilemma: Historiography traditionally calls for scientific dissociation, both temporal and individual, from its objects of research. Yet, changes in constitutional normativity are typically of an incremental nature and can best be studied through a close approach of the contemporaries. Given such a dilemma, this essay undertakes to analyze key features of constitutional law and science of the »Berlin Republic«. Its main thesis is that contemporary constitutional history in Germany can be seen as a »farewell to the interim«, which the »Bonn Republic« can be construed to have been. Several leitmotifs can be identified: The concept of constitutional identity gains attention and influences the discourses implicitly and explicitly. Among them are debates about the scope of constitutional rights (human dignity, freedom of speech) as well as about the structure of the democratic and federal polity. Simultaneously, social change gives rise to fundamental constitutional questions such as religious pluralism or same-sex marriage. At the same time, the science of German public law, both within the dimensions of constitutional and administrative law, undergoes a profound process of self-ascertainment. This process brings about a renaissance of fundamental research in the fields of constitutionalism and theory of state.

Rezension von: Jeannie Drohla, Aufarbeitung versus Allgemeines Persönlichkeitsrecht – §§ 32, 34 Stasi-Unterlagen- Gesetz (Schriften zum öffentlichen Recht 1185), Berlin: Duncker & Humblot 2011, 430 S., ISBN 3-428-13199-1

Right coronary artery lesion is an uncommon and serious complication of typical atrial flutter ablation. We report a case of right coronary artery occlusion during atrial flutter ablation managed with percutaneous coronary intervention, combined with a review of the literature, in order to obtain pathogenetic and epidemiological information about this complication.