Controlling the State: Constitutionalism from Ancient Athens to TodayHarvard University Press, 1999 - 412 páginas This book examines the development of the theory and practice of constitutionalism, defined as a political system in which the coercive power of the state is controlled through a pluralistic distribution of political power. It explores the main venues of constitutional practice in ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, the Dutch Republic, seventeenth-century England, and eighteenth-century America. |
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... Commons to direct a specific request to a minister on the floor of the House at " Question Time . " By all accounts , this has ceased to be an effective vehicle . A minister who does not wish to disclose the in- formation need only say ...
Constitutionalism from Ancient Athens to Today Scott Gordon. manent change in House of Commons behavior , but if it proves to be , the view that the Commons is of negligible importance as an institutional center of political power will ...
... Commons . Even if we include all the MPs with ministerial duties as engaged in the " legislative " function , some three - quarters of the Commons would be excluded . The role of these MPs in public policy for- mation is purely negative ...
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Preface vii | 1 |
Athenian Democracy | 60 |
The Roman Republic | 86 |
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