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- Summary
- "The constitutional question is of paramount importance in the political and nationalist agenda of late twentieth-century Europe. Arguments focus on the best form of constitutional organization: democracy versus autocracy, unitary versus federal organization, pluralism versus intolerance, centralism versus regionalism, national sovereignty versus European. Professor van Caenegem's new book addresses these fundamental questions by analysing different models of constitutional government through a historical perspective, assessing why some models were established and others rejected. The book's approach is pragmatic and chronological: constitutionalism is explained not as a paradigm devised by a team of jurists, but as the result of many centuries of trial and error. The narrative begins in the early Middle Ages and concludes with contemporary debates, taking as its focus the main European countries, the United States, and finally the former Soviet Union. Special attention is devoted to the rise of the rule of law, and of constitutional, parliamentary and federal forms of government. The Anglo-American contribution to the ascendancy of present-day liberal democracy is underlined, but the latter's rejection by twentieth-century totalitarian regimes also receives extensive treatment. The epilogue discusses the future of liberal democracy as a universal model." --Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 338 pages)
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- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
- Isbn
- 9781139170871
- Label
- An historical introduction to western constitutional law
- Title
- An historical introduction to western constitutional law
- Statement of responsibility
- R.C. van Caenegem
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The constitutional question is of paramount importance in the political and nationalist agenda of late twentieth-century Europe. Arguments focus on the best form of constitutional organization: democracy versus autocracy, unitary versus federal organization, pluralism versus intolerance, centralism versus regionalism, national sovereignty versus European. Professor van Caenegem's new book addresses these fundamental questions by analysing different models of constitutional government through a historical perspective, assessing why some models were established and others rejected. The book's approach is pragmatic and chronological: constitutionalism is explained not as a paradigm devised by a team of jurists, but as the result of many centuries of trial and error. The narrative begins in the early Middle Ages and concludes with contemporary debates, taking as its focus the main European countries, the United States, and finally the former Soviet Union. Special attention is devoted to the rise of the rule of law, and of constitutional, parliamentary and federal forms of government. The Anglo-American contribution to the ascendancy of present-day liberal democracy is underlined, but the latter's rejection by twentieth-century totalitarian regimes also receives extensive treatment. The epilogue discusses the future of liberal democracy as a universal model." --Book Jacket
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- Caenegem, R.C. van
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KJC4431
- LC item number
- .C34 1995
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- Constitutional history
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- An historical introduction to western constitutional law, R.C. van Caenegem
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- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 338 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781139170871
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- An historical introduction to western constitutional law, R.C. van Caenegem
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 338 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781139170871
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
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