1. Introduction.- Berlin Divided—A City of Contrasts.- Governmental Heritage.- Early Postwar Developments Under Allied Occupation.- Complexity of Governance.- 2. Allied Governmental Authority.- “Statement of Principles” for Berlin.- The Allied Kommandatura.- 3. Constitutional System.- Temporary Constitution of 1946.- Abortive Constitution of 1948.- Division of Berlin.- Constitution of 1950.- Amending the Constitution.- 4. Governmental System.- Electoral Law.- The Legislature.- The Executive.- Executive-Legislative Relations.- The Judiciary.- Government of East Berlin.- The Berlin Bezirke (Boroughs).- 5. Politics and Elections.- Political Parties.- Communist Party (KPD).- Socialist Unity Party (SED).- Social Democratic Party (SPD).- Christian Democratic Union (CDU).- Free Democratic Party (FDP).- East-Christian Democrats and East-Liberal Democrats.- Minor Parties.- Early Elections.- Elections Since 1950.- 6. Legal and Political Status of Berlin.- Legal Prerogatives of World-War-II Allies.- Legal Status of the Kommandatura.- Berlin and the West German Federation.- Legal Status of Berlin in West German Federation.- Problem of the Capital of the West German Federal Republic.- Other Aspects of Berlin Relations with West Germany.- East Berlin and the East German Republic.- Concluding Statement.- Berlin—Pawn of the Powers.- Appendices.- Selected Bibliography.- Charts and Tables.- 1. Allied Control of Germany and Berlin, 1946.- 2. Allied Kommandatura, 1951.- 3. Allied Kommandatura, 1961.- 4. Structure of Berlin Government Following 1946 Elections.- 8. Structure of East Berlin Government, 1961.- Table I. Berlin Election Results.- Appendices.- 1. Protocol on Zones of Occupation in Germany and Administration of Greater Berlin, September 12, 1944—Excerpts.- 2. Agreement on Control Machinery in Germany, November 14, 1944—Excerpts.- 3. Quadripartite Statement on Zones of Occupation in Germany, June 5, 1945.- 4. Quadripartite Statement on Control Machinery in Germany, June 5, 1945—Excerpts.- 5. Allied Agreement on Quadripartite Administration of Berlin, July 7, 1945.- 6. Kommandatura Order No. 1, July 11, 1945.- 7. Declaration by Western Commandants to Continue Operation of Kommandatura, December 21, 1948.- 8. Statement of Principles for Berlin, 1949.- 9. Instrument of Revision of Statement of Principles, 1951.- 10. Allied Declaration on Berlin, May 5, 1955.- 11. Kommandatura Letter Approving Constitution of 1950.- 12. Berlin Constitution of 1950.