Comparative constitutional studies: between magic and deceit

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"Comparative Constitutional Studies takes a rich area of research and teaching and makes it attractive for the classroom setting and beyond. Every constitution has an interesting story to tell, and for this book Günter Frankenberg has selected vibrant examples that encourage readers to practise realism, demonstrate critical spirit and examine the dark side of framers' reports and normative theories."

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Full title :Comparative constitutional studies : between magic and deceit / Günter Frankenberg.

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"Comparative Constitutional Studies takes a rich area of research and teaching and makes it attractive for the classroom setting and beyond. Every constitution has an interesting story to tell, and for this book Günter Frankenberg has selected vibrant examples that encourage readers to practise realism, demonstrate critical spirit and examine the dark side of framers' reports and normative theories."

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Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Place of Publication:Cheltenham, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781782548980, 178254898X
oclc:on1015247151
LC Classification:K3165
Dewey Decimal:342/.001

Preface -- 1. Constitutions: between magic and deceit -- Part I Theory and method -- 2. Constitutional idiom and design -- 3. Comparing constitutions: theory and method -- Part II History and transfer -- 4. Constitutional transfer and experimentalism -- 5. Constitutional experiments in nineteenth-century Europe -- Part III Constitution as order -- 6. Order from conflict -- 7. Constituting against partition and fragmentation -- 8. Constituting states of exception -- Epilogue -- Index.

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