ISBN:
9780521116213
,
9781107610569
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 451 S.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. paperback ed.
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in law and society
DDC:
342.029
Keywords:
Constitutional history
;
Constitutional law Social aspects
;
Global Verfassung
;
Verfassungsgeschichte
;
Verfassungsgrundsätze
;
Soziale Faktoren
;
Legitimation von Herrschaft Legitimation
;
Constitutional history
;
Constitutional law
;
Social aspects
;
Verfassungsrecht
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
"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:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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