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- catalog abstract ""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. From its beginning in Polybius' interpretation of the classical concept of mixed government, the author traces the theory of constitutionalism through its late medieval appearance in the Conciliar Movement of church reform and in the Huguenot defense of minority rights. After noting its suppression with the emergence of the nation-state and the Bodinian doctrine of sovereignty, the author describes how constitutionalism was revived in the English conflict between king and Parliament in the early Stuart era, and how it has developed since then into the modern concept of constitutional democracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Constitutionalism from ancient Athens to today".
- catalog contributor b11262357.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""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. From its beginning in Polybius' interpretation of the classical concept of mixed government, the author traces the theory of constitutionalism through its late medieval appearance in the Conciliar Movement of church reform and in the Huguenot defense of minority rights. After noting its suppression with the emergence of the nation-state and the Bodinian doctrine of sovereignty, the author describes how constitutionalism was revived in the English conflict between king and Parliament in the early Stuart era, and how it has developed since then into the modern concept of constitutional democracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The doctrine of sovereignty -- 2. Athenian democracy -- 3. The Roman republic -- 4. Countervailance theory in medieval law, Catholic ecclesiology, and Huguenot political theory -- 5. The republic of Venice -- 6. The Dutch republic -- 7. The development of constitutional government and countervailance theory in seventeenth-century England -- 8. American constitutionalism -- 9. Modern Britain.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-386) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 395 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Controlling the state.".
- catalog identifier "0674169875".
- catalog isFormatOf "Controlling the state.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Controlling the state.".
- catalog subject "321.8/01 21".
- catalog subject "Authority.".
- catalog subject "Constitutional history.".
- catalog subject "JF229 .G67 1999".
- catalog subject "Liberty.".
- catalog subject "Separation of powers.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The doctrine of sovereignty -- 2. Athenian democracy -- 3. The Roman republic -- 4. Countervailance theory in medieval law, Catholic ecclesiology, and Huguenot political theory -- 5. The republic of Venice -- 6. The Dutch republic -- 7. The development of constitutional government and countervailance theory in seventeenth-century England -- 8. American constitutionalism -- 9. Modern Britain.".
- catalog title "Constitutionalism from ancient Athens to today".
- catalog title "Controlling the state : constitutionalism from ancient Athens to today / Scott Gordon.".
- catalog type "text".