A Sociology of Constitutions: Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical- Sociological Perspective

by Chris Thornhill

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052111621X
• ISBN13: 9780521116213
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"