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 classical p...
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| Format: | 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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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 pages digital |
| ISBN: | 9780511895067 |