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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... principle that the best form of government is that which places the levers of political power in the hands of the small part of the popu- lation who possess the qualities of intellect and character necessary to the operation of ...
... principle that sover- eignty in the union resided with the provincial states , where it had always been , long before the Revolt . In the literature of the seventeenth and eigh- teenth centuries , this idea was frequently reiterated as ...
... principle of the Constitution and interpreted it as , in itself , guaranteeing the liberty of the people . The checking function , according to Jay , was performed by strictly confining the executive , legislative , and judicial ...
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Preface vii | 1 |
Athenian Democracy | 60 |
The Roman Republic | 86 |
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