UID:
edocfu_9959234868102883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 395 pages)
ISBN:
0-674-03783-9
Content:
This work examines the theory and practice of constitutionalism. It explores the main venues of constitutional practice in ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, the Dutch Republic, 17th-century England and 18th century America.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1 The Doctrine of Sovereignty --
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2 Athenian Democracy --
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3 The Roman Republic --
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4 Countervailance Theory in Medieval Law, Catholic Ecclesiology, and Huguenot Political Theory --
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5 The Republic of Venice --
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6 The Dutch Republic --
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7 The Development of Constitutional Government and Countervailance Theory in Seventeenth-Century England --
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8 American Constitutionalism --
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9 Modern Britain --
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Epilogue --
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References --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-16987-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-00977-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674037830
