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Author Thornhill, Chris, 1966- author

Title A sociology of transnational constitutions : social foundations of the post-national legal structure / Chris Thornhill
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (538 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Contents The national political system and the classical constitutional formula -- Constitutional righyts and the global political system -- The constitution of international law : a sociological approach -- The crisis of social inclusion and the paradox of the nation state -- Constitutional rights and the inclusion of the nation : systemic transformations I -- Constitutional rights and the inclusion of the nation : systemic transformations II -- The autonomy of the post-national legal structure : the auto-constituent constitution
Summary This volume focuses on the rise of transnational constitutional laws, primarily created by the interaction between national and international courts and by the domestic transformation of international law. Through detailed analysis of patterns of institutional formation at key historical junctures in a number of national societies, it examines the social processes that have locked national states into an increasingly transnational constitutional order, and it explains how the growth of global constitutional norms has provided a stabilizing framework for the functions of state institutions. The book adopts a distinctive historical-sociological approach to these questions, examining the deep continuities between national constitutional law and contemporary models of global law. The volume makes an important contribution to the sociology of constitutional law, to the sociology of post-national legal processes, and to the sociology of human rights law
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Open Access title
In English
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Subject Constitutional law -- Cross-cultural studies -- Social aspects
Constitutional history.
Law.
Constitutional history
Law.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139833905
1139833901
9781108455992
1108455999
9781316715703
1316715701
Other Titles Cambridge Books online
Cambridge Books online
Cambridge Books online
Cambridge Books online