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A Sociology of Constitutions

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

Name: A Sociology of Constitutions
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521116213
Price: 1576.25 HKD
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Author: Chris Thornhill
ISBN: 9780521116213

By Chris Thornhill

Cambridge University Press July 2011

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ISBN-13: 9780521116213
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: July 2011
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

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.