A Sociology of Transnational Constitutions

Social Foundations of the Post-National Legal Structure

AvChris Thornhill

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

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. This title is also available as Open Access.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-10-24
Mått:150 x 230 x 25 mm
Vikt:750 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Antal sidor:538
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108455992

Utforska kategorier

Lag och samhälle inom Juridik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Författningsrätt och förvaltningsrätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Chris Thornhill is Professor of Law at the University of Manchester. His research is mainly focused on the sociology of constitutional law, both in domestic and transnational contexts, and he has published a number of influential works in this area. His work has been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, Russian and Portuguese.

Recensioner i media

'Using a historical-sociological approach, Thornhill examines the social processes that have locked national states into an increasingly transnational constitutional order. He finds that the growth of global constitutional norms has provided a stabilizing framework for the functions of state institutions.' Law and Social Inquiry

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. The national political system and the classical constitutional formula; 2. Constitutional rights and the global political system; 3. The constitution of international law: a sociological approach; 4. The crisis of social inclusion and the paradox of the nation state; 5. Constitutional rights and the inclusion of the nation: systemic transformations I; 6. Constitutional rights and the inclusion of the nation: systemic transformations II; 7. The autonomy of the post-national legal structure: the auto-constituent constitution; Conclusion.