03065nam 22006972 450 991078187650332120220503011640.01-107-21284-71-139-09735-01-283-34176-X97866133417611-139-10317-21-139-10071-81-139-10137-41-139-09868-30-511-89506-21-139-09935-3(CKB)2550000000056531(EBL)803204(OCoLC)769342149(SSID)ssj0000641348(PQKBManifestationID)11374874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000641348(PQKBWorkID)10627754(PQKB)11270923(UkCbUP)CR9780511895067(MiAaPQ)EBC803204(Au-PeEL)EBL803204(CaPaEBR)ebr10502786(CaONFJC)MIL334176(EXLCZ)99255000000005653120101122d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Sociology of Constitutions Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective /Chris Thornhill[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2011.1 online resource (xiii, 451 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in law and societyTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).1-107-61056-7 0-521-11621-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-424) and index.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.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.Cambridge studies in law and society.Constitutional historyConstitutional lawSocial aspectsConstitutional history.Constitutional lawSocial aspects.342.02/9LAW018000bisacshThornhill Chris1966-1367416UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910781876503321A Sociology of Constitutions3714944UNINA