A Sociology of Constitutions: Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical- Sociological Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521116213)

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.

Author: C. J. Thornhill,Chris Thornhill
ISBN-10: 052111621X
ISBN-13: 9780521116213
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2011
Pages: 466
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d