TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thornhill,C.J.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - A sociology of constitutions: constitutions and state legitimacy in historical-sociological perspective 
T2  - Cambridge studies in law and society
AV  - K3161 .T486 2011
U1  - 342.02/9 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-424) and index; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "Using a methodology that both analyzes particular constitutional texts and theories and reconstructs their historical evolution, Chris Thornhill examines the social role and legitimating status of constitutions from the first quasi-constitutional documents of medieval Europe, through the classical period of revolutionary constitutionalism, to recent processes of constitutional transition. A Sociology of Constitutions explores the reasons why modern societies require constitutions and constitutional norms and presents a distinctive socio-normative analysis of the constitutional preconditions of political legitimacy"--
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=803204
ER  -