UID:
almahu_9947414151802882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 451 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511895067 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in law and society
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
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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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521116213
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511895067
