A Sociology of Constitutions

Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective

By:

Chris Thornhill

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Series:

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

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Using a methodology that both analyzes particular constitutional texts and theories and reconstructs their historical evolution, Chris Thornhill examines the social role and legitimating status of constitutions from the first quasi-constitutional documents of medieval Europe, through the classical period of revolutionary constitutionalism, to recent processes of constitutional transition. A Sociology of Constitutions explores the reasons why modern societies require constitutions and constitutional norms and presents a distinctive socio-normative analysis of the constitutional preconditions of political legitimacy.

Author Biography:

Chris Thornhill is Professor of European Political Thought and Head of Politics at the University of Glasgow, where his research focuses both on the relations between legal and political theory and legal and political sociology and on processes of state formation and constitution writing in different European societies.

Release date NZ

July 14th, 2011

Author

Chris Thornhill

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

466

Series

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9780521116213

Product ID

10397348

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