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A Sociology of Constitutions
Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective
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A Sociology of Constitutions
Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- A SOCIOLOGY OF CONSTITUTIONS
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- A NOTE ON TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS
- Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX