A sociology of constitutions constitutions and state legitimacy in historical-sociological perspective /
"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 class...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 451 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-424) and index. |