An Historical Introduction to Western Constitutional Law

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ID5839628
AuthorsR C Van Caenegem (corresponding author)
Year1995
Publication date1995-03-23
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueHistorical Introduction to Western Constitutional Law (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139170871
OpenAlexW4299688500
Open LibraryOL1092480M
ISBN9781139170871
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited3

The constitutional question is of paramount importance in the political and nationalist agenda of late twentieth-century Europe. Professor van Caenegem's new book addresses fundamental questions of constitutional organisation: democracy versus autocracy, unitary versus federal organisation, pluralism versus intolerance, by analysing different models of constitutional government through an historical perspective. The approach is chronological: constitutionalism is explained as the result of many centuries of trial and error through a narrative which begins in the early Middle Ages and concludes with contemporary debates, focusing on Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Special attention is devoted to the rise of the rule of law, and of constitutional, parliamentary, and federal forms of government. The epilogue discusses the future of liberal democracy as a universal model

Autocracy · Constitutional economics · Constitutionalism · Liberal democracy · Pluralism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · 342.4/029 344.0229 · Constitutional history · Europe · Kjc4431 .c34 1995 · Law · Legal History

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