Controlling the State
Constitutionalism from Ancient Athens to Today
Scott Gordon(Author)
Harvard University Press
Published on 15. December 1999
Book
Hardback
415 pages
978-0-674-16987-6 (ISBN)
Description
This work examines the development of the theory and practice of constitutionalism, defined as a political system in which the coercive power of the state is controlled through a pluralistic distribution of political power. It explores the main venues of constitutional practice in ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, the Dutch Republic, 17th-century England, and 18th-century America. From its beginning in Polyius' interpretation of the classical concept of "mixed government", the author traces the theory of constitutionalism through its late medieval appearance in the Conciliar Movement of church reform and in the Huguenot defence of minority rights. The author describes how constitutionalism was revived in the English conflict between king and Parliament in the early Stuart era, and how it has developed since then into the modern concept of constitutional democracy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-16987-6 (9780674169876)
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