Controlling the state : constitutionalism from ancient Athens to today /
"This book 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 Athe...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
1999
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
