A Sociology of Constitutions : Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective / / Chris Thornhill [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Thornhill Chris <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 451 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 342.02/9
• Soggetto topico: Constitutional history; Constitutional law - Social aspects
• Classificazione: LAW018000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-424) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Sociology of Constitutions
• ISBN: 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781876503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge studies in law and society.