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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... Parliament plays a central role in lawmaking is indisputable , and even when Jean Bodin was writing the Répub- lique , the power to make laws , which he regarded as the fundamental mark of " sovereignty , " was pluralist across the ...
... Parliament into session . At any time , he could adjourn a meeting of Parlia- ment , prorogue it , or dissolve it altogether . At first , James I called Parliament meetings almost every year , but he found the House of Commons ...
... Parliament's trump card was its authority over taxation . The imposition of taxes without the sanction of Parliament was generally regarded , even by royalists , as illegal . Charles was eventually forced to call a new Parliament after ...
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Preface vii | 1 |
Athenian Democracy | 60 |
The Roman Republic | 86 |
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