Constitutional Violence: Legitimacy, Democracy and Human Rights

by Antoni Abat i Ninet

Book Overview

Is a constitution the best device for ruling a country? Western political systems tend to be 'constitutional democracies', dividing the system into a domain of politics, where the people rule, and a domain of law, set aside for a trained elite. Antoni Abat i Ninet strives to resolve these apparently exclusive public and legal sovereignties, using their various avatars across the globe as case studies. He challenges the American constitutional experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748675388
• ISBN13: 9780748675388
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"