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UNINA9910457778603321 |
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Autore |
Thornhill C. J (Christopher J.), <1966-> |
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Titolo |
A Sociology of Constitutions : Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective / / Chris Thornhill [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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1-107-21284-7 |
1-139-09735-0 |
1-283-34176-X |
9786613341761 |
1-139-10317-2 |
1-139-10071-8 |
1-139-10137-4 |
1-139-09868-3 |
0-511-89506-2 |
1-139-09935-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 451 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in law and society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Constitutional history |
Constitutional law - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-424) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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