The Evolution of Law and the State in Europe: Seven Lessons

ISBN-13: 9781849466448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 122 str.

Spyridon Flogaitis

Opis

Most books about public power and the State deal with their subject from the point of view of legal theory, sociology, or political science. This book offers a fresh reading of the history and institutions, particularly as they have developed in continental Europe and European political and legal science. Drawing on a remarkably wide range of sources from both Western and Eastern Europe, the book suggests that only by knowing the history of the State, and of State administration since the 12th century, can we begin to comprehend the continuing importance of the State and public powers in modern Europe. In an era of globalization, when the importance of international law and institutions frequently lead to the claim that the State either no longer exists or no longer matters, the truth is in fact more complex. We now live in an era when the balance is shifting away from the struggle to build States based on democratic values, towards fundamental values existing above and beyond the borders of nations and States, under the watchful gaze of judges bound by the rule of law. This book is a unique and fascinating read for all those interested in constitutional law, legal history, and legal philosophy more generally.