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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... discussion.43 43. In this discussion of sovereignty as a legal doctrine , I have concentrated upon Aus- tin's and Dicey's presentation of a view that many other jurists also advanced . I cannot review this literature here , but should ...
... discussion , it was severely limited . Shouts and catcalls from the audience , which apparently were not uncommon , may have indicated the state of public opinion , but hardly constituted a substitute for open debate , 29 The restricted ...
... discussion of the king's foreign policy and issued a " Protestation , " stating in plain terms that it had “ an ancient and undoubted birthright " to discuss any and all matters . Moreover , it contended , members of Parliament should ...
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Preface vii | 1 |
Athenian Democracy | 60 |
The Roman Republic | 86 |
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