Controlling the state [[electronic resource] ] : constitutionalism from ancient Athens to today / / Scott Gordon
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| Autore: |
Gordon Scott <1924->
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| Titolo: |
Controlling the state [[electronic resource] ] : constitutionalism from ancient Athens to today / / Scott Gordon
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 395 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 321.801 |
| Soggetto topico: | Separation of powers |
| Authority | |
| Liberty | |
| Constitutional history | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-386) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Doctrine of Sovereignty -- 2 Athenian Democracy -- 3 The Roman Republic -- 4 Countervailance Theory in Medieval Law, Catholic Ecclesiology, and Huguenot Political Theory -- 5 The Republic of Venice -- 6 The Dutch Republic -- 7 The Development of Constitutional Government and Countervailance Theory in Seventeenth-Century England -- 8 American Constitutionalism -- 9 Modern Britain -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Controlling the state |
| ISBN: | 0-674-03783-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454586303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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