Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Sociology of Constitutions

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Chris Thornhill

Series statement

Cambridge studies in law and society

Sub title

Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective

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

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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