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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... Senate changed during the course of the Republic , due to the opening of the senior magistracies to plebeians in the fourth cen- tury.23 Any plebeian elected to such a post automatically became a senator for life at the end of his term ...
... Senate , except for rare instances such as the Gracchi . In contrast to all other organs of republican government , the Senate had the advantage of permanent membership . Despite the incessant disputes and maneuverings of its factions ...
... Senate . Con- tarini noted that " the whole manner of the commonwealth's government belongs to the Senate , " naming foreign policy and fiscal policy specifically ( 1599 , 68 ) . In periods of crisis , it was the Senate that assumed the ...
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Preface vii | 1 |
Athenian Democracy | 60 |
The Roman Republic | 86 |
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