A Sociology of Post-Imperial Constitutions - Thornhill, Chris
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"The first claim in this book is that the development of constitutional law has a dialectical relation to imperialism, and to military forces that accompany imperialism. From their first emergence, constitutions formed components in lines of state building connected to inter-imperial rivalry, and they reflected the interlinking of states in a transnational military system. In this process, Imperialism shaped the development of constitutions in different ways. Many states acquired constitutions as they were separated from existing empires, so that national self-determination became the wellspring of constitutional law"--…mehr

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"The first claim in this book is that the development of constitutional law has a dialectical relation to imperialism, and to military forces that accompany imperialism. From their first emergence, constitutions formed components in lines of state building connected to inter-imperial rivalry, and they reflected the interlinking of states in a transnational military system. In this process, Imperialism shaped the development of constitutions in different ways. Many states acquired constitutions as they were separated from existing empires, so that national self-determination became the wellspring of constitutional law"--
Autorenporträt
Chris Thornhill is Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham. He has held Professorships in Politics, Sociology and Law in Glasgow, Manchester and Bielefeld. He has received prizes for research in law and society from the Humboldt Foundation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, and the World Complexity Science Academy. This is his third book in Cambridge Studies in Law and Society, following A Sociology of Constitutions (2011) and A Sociology of Transnational Constitutions (2016).