Creating a Constitution : : Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens /

Creating a Constitution : : Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens / / Federica Carugati.

A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making. More than half of the world's constitutions have been drafted in the past half-century. Yet, one question still eludes theorists and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
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Carugati, Federica,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 16 b/w illus. 1 map.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Athens before the Crisis
  • 2. Constitution and Consensus
  • 3. Stability and Innovation in Athenian Policy
  • 4. The Institutional Foundations of Prosperity
  • 5. The Paths Not Taken
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Piraeus' Geography
  • Appendix B. Piraeus' History
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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