A Sociology of Constitutions: Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical- Sociological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780521116213 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 466 str.

Chris Thornhill

Opis

Chris Thornhill examines the legitimating role of constitutions from the first quasi-constitutional documents in medieval Europe to recent constitutional transitions.

Recenzje

'Chris Thornhill's A Sociology of Constitutions … provides an uncompromisingly detailed and telling analysis of the structural and conjunctural forces that have shaped constitutional developments in a mainly European context since the Middle Ages. For anyone seriously interested in constitutional history, this book provides an excellent and erudite analysis.' Grahame Thompson, Economy and Society

Spis treści

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.