The story of constitutions discovering the we in us
"Wim Voermans traces the surprising story of constitutions since the agricultural revolution of c.10,000 B. C. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, Voermans shows how human evolution, human nature and the history of thought have all played their part in shaping modern constitutions, and how,...
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Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore :
Cambridge University Press
2023.
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| Colección: | Comparative constitutional law and policy
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- Introduction : the century of constitutions
- Constitutions everywhere
- The origin of constitutions
- Precursors
- Etched into collective memory : ancient constitutions
- Roman roots
- Mediaeval constitutions
- Early-modern constitutions
- Generations : the first generation of monarchical constitutions
- Second generation : revolutionary constitutions
- Third generation : restoration constitutions
- Fourth generation : liberal constitutions
- Fifth generation : imperial constitutions
- Sixth generation : leviathan constitutions
- The seventh generation : liberation constitutions
- The eighth generation : liberal-democratic constitutions
- What are the lessons of history?
- What is a constitution?
- Constitutiona kingship
- What does a constitution do?
- The legal meaning of constitutions
- Economic aspects
- Political aspects
- The constitution's beating heart : emotions
- The roots of the tree of knowledge
- Constitutions as vehicles for legitimacy
- The story of the constitution
- Appealing to the imagination : constitutional experience
- Once upon a time ... there was the constitution.
