LEADER 03527nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910454586303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03783-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674037830 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786763 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050712 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000130194 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130194 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10082991 035 $a(PQKB)10799949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300195 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314202 035 $a(OCoLC)923109948 035 $a(DE-B1597)574639 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674037830 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786763 100 $a19990416d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aControlling the state$b[electronic resource] $econstitutionalism from ancient Athens to today /$fScott Gordon 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (x, 395 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-16987-5 311 $a0-674-00977-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 363-386) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 The Doctrine of Sovereignty -- $t2 Athenian Democracy -- $t3 The Roman Republic -- $t4 Countervailance Theory in Medieval Law, Catholic Ecclesiology, and Huguenot Political Theory -- $t5 The Republic of Venice -- $t6 The Dutch Republic -- $t7 The Development of Constitutional Government and Countervailance Theory in Seventeenth-Century England -- $t8 American Constitutionalism -- $t9 Modern Britain -- $tEpilogue -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThis work examines the theory and practice of constitutionalism. 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. 330 $bThis 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. 606 $aSeparation of powers 606 $aAuthority 606 $aLiberty 606 $aConstitutional history 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSeparation of powers. 615 0$aAuthority. 615 0$aLiberty. 615 0$aConstitutional history. 676 $a321.801 700 $aGordon$b Scott$f1924-$0880889 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454586303321 996 $aControlling the state$92204787 997 $aUNINA