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020			_a052147115X (hardcover)
020			_a9780521471152 (hardcover)
020			_a0521476933 (pbk.)
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035			_a(OCoLC)30517950 _z(OCoLC)32391031 _z(OCoLC)32926575 _z(OCoLC)60114691
050	1	4	_aKJC 4431 _bC127h 1995
082	0	0	_a342.4
100	1		_aCaenegem, R. C. van.
245	1	3	_aAn historical introduction to western constitutional law / _cR.C. van Caenegem.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1995.
300			_ax, 338 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 296-318) and index.
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- 2. Tribal kingship: from the fall of Rome to the end of the Merovingians -- 3. The First Europe: the Carolingian empire -- 4. Europe divided: the post-Carolingian era -- 5. The foundation of the modern state -- 6. The classic absolutism of the Ancient Regime -- 7. The absolute state no lasting model -- 8. The bourgeois nation state -- 9. The liberal model transformed or rejected.
520			_aThe constitutional question is of paramount importance in the political and nationalist agenda of late twentieth-century Europe. Arguments focus on the best form of constitutional organization: democracy versus autocracy, unitary versus federal organization, pluralism versus intolerance, centralism versus regionalism, national sovereignty versus European. Professor van Caenegem's new book addresses these fundamental questions by analysing different models of constitutional government through a historical perspective, assessing why some models were established and others rejected. The book's approach is pragmatic and chronological: constitutionalism is explained not as a paradigm devised by a team of jurists, but as the result of many centuries of trial and error. The narrative begins in the early Middle Ages and concludes with contemporary debates, taking as its focus the main European countries, the United States, and finally the former Soviet Union.
520	8		_aSpecial attention is devoted to the rise of the rule of law, and of constitutional, parliamentary and federal forms of government. The Anglo-American contribution to the ascendancy of present-day liberal democracy is underlined, but the latter's rejection by twentieth-century totalitarian regimes also receives extensive treatment. The epilogue discusses the future of liberal democracy as a universal model.
650		0	_aConstitutional history _zEurope.
650		4	_aHistoria constitucional _zEuropa.
651		4	_aEurope _xConstitutional history.
653	0		_aConstitutional law
653	0		_aEurope
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