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Constitutions in democratic politics / edited by Vernon Bogdanor

Contributor(s): Bogdanor, Vernon, 1943- [(ed.)] | Policy Studies Institute.
Publisher: Aldershot, England : Ashgate Pub., c1988Description: viii, 395 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0566055759.Subject(s): Constitutional law -- Congresses | Representative government and representation -- CongressesDDC classification: 342.029
Contents:
- Pt. C: The Reactive Constitutions. 9. Japan(1947): Forty Years of the Post-War Constitution / Lawrence W. Beer. 10. Italy (1948): Condemned by its Constitution? / David Hine. 11. The Federal Republic of Germany (1949): Restoring the Rechtsstaat Kurt Sontheimer. 12. France (1958): The Fifth Republic After Thirty Years / Guy Carcassonne. 13. Emerging from Dictatorship: The Role of the Constitution in Spain (1978) and Portugal (1976) / Guy Hermet.Pt. D: The Constitutions of the Smaller Democracies. 14. Switzerland (1875): Constitutionalism and Democracy / Christopher Hughes. 15. Israel: Democracy Without a Constitutional / Emanuel Gutman. 16. Sweden: The New Constitution (1974) and the Tradition of Consensual Politics / Olof Ruin. 17. The State Reform in Belgium (1970-): Positive and Negative Aspects / Robert Senelle. 18. The Netherlands (1983): The Failure of Constitutional reform / Jan Vis. - Pt. E. The European Community. 19. The European Community: The Constitution of a 'Would-be Polity' (1957) Roger Morgan. 20. Conclusion / Vernom Bogdanor. - Index.
List on Contributors. - Preface Roger Mogan. - Foreword by Rt. Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford and Former Governor-General of Australia. 1. Introduction / Vernon Bogdanor. - Pt. A: The History and Theory of Constitutions. 2. Notes Towards a History of Constitutions / S.E. Finer. 3. The Theory of Liberal Constitutionalism / Ghita Ionescu. - Pt. B: The British, American and Commonwealth Constitutions. 4. Britain: The Political Constitution / Vernon Bogdanor. 5. The Constitution (1787) and Modern American Government / Richard Hodder-Williams. 6. Constitutional Politics in Australia (1900) / Campbell Sharman. 7. The Politics of the Indian Constitution (1950) W.H. Morris-Jones. 8. Canada's New Constitution (1982): Some Lessons in Constitutional Engineering / Geoffrey Marshall.
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At head of title : Policy Studies Institute.

Revised papers from a conference held in Nov. 1986.

- Pt. C: The Reactive Constitutions. 9. Japan(1947): Forty Years of the Post-War Constitution / Lawrence W. Beer. 10. Italy (1948): Condemned by its Constitution? / David Hine. 11. The Federal Republic of Germany (1949): Restoring the Rechtsstaat Kurt Sontheimer. 12. France (1958): The Fifth Republic After Thirty Years / Guy Carcassonne. 13. Emerging from Dictatorship: The Role of the Constitution in Spain (1978) and Portugal (1976) / Guy Hermet.Pt. D: The Constitutions of the Smaller Democracies. 14. Switzerland (1875): Constitutionalism and Democracy / Christopher Hughes. 15. Israel: Democracy Without a Constitutional / Emanuel Gutman. 16. Sweden: The New Constitution (1974) and the Tradition of Consensual Politics / Olof Ruin. 17. The State Reform in Belgium (1970-): Positive and Negative Aspects / Robert Senelle. 18. The Netherlands (1983): The Failure of Constitutional reform / Jan Vis. - Pt. E. The European Community. 19. The European Community: The Constitution of a 'Would-be Polity' (1957) Roger Morgan. 20. Conclusion / Vernom Bogdanor. - Index.

List on Contributors. - Preface Roger Mogan. - Foreword by Rt. Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford and Former Governor-General of Australia. 1. Introduction / Vernon Bogdanor. - Pt. A: The History and Theory of Constitutions. 2. Notes Towards a History of Constitutions / S.E. Finer. 3. The Theory of Liberal Constitutionalism / Ghita Ionescu. - Pt. B: The British, American and Commonwealth Constitutions. 4. Britain: The Political Constitution / Vernon Bogdanor. 5. The Constitution (1787) and Modern American Government / Richard Hodder-Williams. 6. Constitutional Politics in Australia (1900) / Campbell Sharman. 7. The Politics of the Indian Constitution (1950) W.H. Morris-Jones. 8. Canada's New Constitution (1982): Some Lessons in Constitutional Engineering / Geoffrey Marshall.