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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... interests of the plebs in general , including bills introduced into the assembly and decrees of the Senate . Scul- lard remarks that the tribunes “ could check the whole state machinery " ( 1992 , 86 ) . The tribunes gradually acquired ...
... interests , they composed an interactive complex of urban centers whose common interests were evident . The political system that developed in the republic was based upon the gov- ernments of the towns . The urban population never ...
... interest and every cause . There is even a lobby that promotes the interests of professional lobbyists : the Public Relations Consultants ' Associ- ation . These groups obtain the funds for their activities from membership fees ...
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Preface vii | 1 |
Athenian Democracy | 60 |
The Roman Republic | 86 |
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