A sociology of constitutions: constitutions and state legitimacy in historical-sociological perspective

"Using a methodology that both analyzes particular constitutional texts and theories and reconstructs their historical evolution, Chris Thornhill examines the social role and legitimating status of constitutions from the first quasi-constitutional documents of medieval Europe, through the class...

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Main Author: Thornhill, Christopher J. 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2011
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Using a methodology that both analyzes particular constitutional texts and theories and reconstructs their historical evolution, Chris Thornhill examines the social role and legitimating status of constitutions from the first quasi-constitutional documents of medieval Europe, through the classical period of revolutionary constitutionalism, to recent processes of constitutional transition. A Sociology of Constitutions explores the reasons why modern societies require constitutions and constitutional norms and presents a distinctive socio-normative analysis of the constitutional preconditions of political legitimacy"
Item Description:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Medieval constitutions; 2. Constitutions and early modernity; 3. States, rights and the revolutionary form of power; 4. Constitutions from Empire to Fascism; 5. Constitutions and democratic transitions
Physical Description:XIII, 451 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9780521116213
9781107610569

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