The so-called "Restoration Policy" of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) in the Vormarz is a well-known topic which has, however, hardly been dealt with by the history of law. In this work, it is not only comprehensively reconstructed for the first time, but also analyzed from the perspective of more far-reaching questions. These include, in particular, questions about the formation of transnational security regimes against political crime in the 19th century, the emergence of a normative order of transnational criminal law or the relationship between "restoration" and "internal nation building". By transcending its proper subject, the book thus contributes to the study of the history of transnational reactions to political crime and opens up new perspectives on the complex political system of the German Confederation.