A sociology of constitutions : constitutions and state legitimacy in historical-sociological perspective / / Chris Thornhill.

"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 class...

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Superior document:Cambridge studies in law and society
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Physical Description:xiii, 451 p.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-424) and index. 
520 |a "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"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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