An Historical Introduction to Western Constitutional Law - Brossura

Van Caenegem, R. C.

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ISBN 10: 0521476933 ISBN 13: 9780521476935

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

The constitutional question is of paramount importance in the political and nationalist agenda of late twentieth-century Europe. Professor van Caenegem's new book addresses fundamental questions of constitutional organisation: democracy versus autocracy, unitary versus federal organisation, pluralism versus intolerance, by analysing different models of constitutional government through an historical perspective. The approach is chronological: constitutionalism is explained as the result of many centuries of trial and error through a narrative which begins in the early Middle Ages and concludes with contemporary debates, focusing on Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Special attention is devoted to the rise of the rule of law, and of constitutional, parliamentary, and federal forms of government. The epilogue discusses the future of liberal democracy as a universal model.

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"...this well-written work provides a grand perspective and judicious abalysis of issues for its intended audience of undergraduates and law students, those 'who want to place their own constitution, which is part of their curriculum, in an international and historical perspective, but who lack the time and the languages to read the relevant national legal histories." Albert J. Schmidt, Law and History Review

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Professor van Caenegem's new book addresses fundamental questions of constitutional organisation by analysing different models of government through an historical perspective. The narrative focuses on Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union and discusses constitutional, parliamentary, and federal forms of government.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521476933
• ISBN 13: 9780521476935
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352