Why did enduring traditions of economic and political liberty
emerge in Western Europe and not elsewhere? Representative
democracy, constitutionalism, and the rule of law are crucial for
establishing a just and prosperous society, which we usually treat
as the fruits of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, as Western
European societies put the Dark Ages behind them.In The Medieval
Constitution of Liberty, Salter and Young point instead to the
constitutional order that characterized the High Middle Ages. They
provide a historical account of how this constitutional order
evolved following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This
account runs from the settlements of militarized Germanic elites
within the imperial frontiers, to the host of successor kingdoms in
the sixth and seventh centuries, and through the short-lived
Carolingian empire of the late eighth and ninth centuries and the
so-called “feudal anarchy” that followed its demise. Given this
unique historical backdrop, Salter and Young consider the resulting
structures of political property rights. They argue that the
historical reality approximated a constitutional ideal type, which
they term polycentric sovereignty. Salter and Young provide a
theoretical analysis of polycentric sovereignty, arguing that
bargains between political property rights holders within that sort
of constitutional order will lead to improvements in governance.
General
| Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Alexander William Salter
• Andrew T Young
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
310 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-472-05601-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-472-05601-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780472056019 |
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