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A History of Western Public Law: Between Nation and State

Bruno Aguilera-Barchet

ISBN13: 9783319118024

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Country of Publication: Switzerland

Format: Hardback

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The book outlines the historical development of Public Law and the state from ancient times to the modern day, offering an account of relevant events in parallel with a general historical background, establishing and explaining the relationships between political, religious, and economic events.

Subjects:: Constitutional and Administrative Law, Legal History

Contents:: 1. Introduction.- Part I: From the City State to the Roman Empire; 2. From the Origins to the Polis; 3. The Roman Political Model: From Res Publica to Imperium; 4. From Territorial Power to Spiritual Rule: Christianity's Political Dimension; Part II: The Origins of the European "Nations"; 5. From the Germanic Tribes to Kingdoms; 6. Popes vs. Emperors: The Rise and Fall of Papal Power; 7. From Public to Private Power: Europe in the Feudal Age; Part III: The Origin of the "European States"; 8. From Kings to Monarchs: The Resurgence of Public Power in Late Medieval Europe; 9. The Apogee of Royal Power: Absolute Monarchy (The 16th and 17th Centuries); 10. From the Conservative King to the Reformist Monarch: The Stage of Enlightened Absolutism (18th Century); 11. From Absolute to Limited Monarchy: The British Origins of Parliamentary Government; Part IV: The Rise of the Nation-State; 12. From Monarchy to Representative Government: The American "Revolution"; 13. From Absolute Monarchy to Democratic Absolutism: The French Revolution; 14. The Return of the Monarchial Principle (I): The Origins of North American Presidentialism; 15. The Return of the Monarchial Principal (II): The French State: From Imperial Bonapartism to Republican Presidentialism; 16. The Golden Era of Liberalism and the Apogee of the Nation-State; 17. The Triumph of the State over the Nation: From Totalitarianism to Interventionism; Part V: The End of the Nation-State?; 18. The Crisis of the Nation-State in the Era of European Integration.