A Sociology of Constitutions: Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107610569)

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: Chris Thornhill
ISBN-10: 1107610567
ISBN-13: 9781107610569
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2012
Pages: 466
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d