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Modern Constitutions (Hardcover)
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Modern Constitutions (Hardcover)
Series: Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
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More than two millennia ago, Aristotle is said to have compiled a
collection of ancient constitutions that informed his studies of
politics. For Aristotle, constitutions largely distilled and
described the varied and distinctive patterns of political life
established over time. What constitutionalism has come to mean in
the modern era, on the other hand, originates chiefly in the late
eighteenth century and primarily with the U.S. Constitution-written
in 1787 and made effective in 1789-and the various French
constitutions that first appeared in 1791. In the last half
century, more than 130 nations have adopted new constitutions, half
of those within the last twenty years. These new constitutions are
devoted to many of the same goals found in the U.S. Constitution:
the rule of law, representative self-government, and protection of
rights. But by canvassing constitutional developments at the
national and state level in the United States alongside modern
constitutions in Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, and Asia, the
contributors to Modern Constitutions-all leading scholars of
constitutionalism-show that modern constitutions often seek to
protect social rights and to establish representative institutions,
forms of federalism, and courts charged with constitutional review
that depart from or go far beyond the seminal U.S. example. Partly
because of their innovations, however, many modern constitutional
systems now confront mounting authoritarian pressures that put
fundamental commitments to the rule of law in jeopardy. The
contributions in this volume collectively provide a measure of
guidance for the challenges and prospects of modern constitutions
in the rapidly changing political world of the twenty-first
century. Contributors: Richard R. Beeman, Valerie Bunce, Tom
Ginsburg, Heinz Klug, David S. Law, Sanford Levinson, Jaime Lluch,
Christopher McCrudden, Kim Lane Scheppele, Rogers M. Smith, Mila
Versteeg, Emily Zackin.
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