A sociology of constitutions : constitutions and state legitimacy in historical-sociological perspective
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A sociology of constitutions : constitutions and state legitimacy in historical-sociological perspective
（Cambridge studies in law and society）
Cambridge University Press, 2013
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
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"First published 2011. Paperback edition 2013"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 377-424
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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