Constitutionalism by Charles Howard Mcilwain
Upon publication The Law Quarterly Review praised this book, noting that great learning is manifest in these pages. Originally published: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1940. ix, 162 pp. McIlwain examines of the rise of constitutionalism from the democratic strands in the works of Aristotle and Cicero through the transitional moment between the medieval and the modern eras. He concludes with a discussion of the forces of despotism that were threatening constitutionally based individual freedom in the 1930s. Reprint of the first edition.
McIlwain, Charles Howard: - Charles Howard McIlwain [1871-1968] was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished scholars of Anglo-American constitutional history. He was the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government in Harvard University and the author of The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy (1910) and The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation (1924).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780865976962 |
| ISBN 10 | 0865976961 |
| Title | Constitutionalism |
| Author | Charles Howard Mcilwain |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Liberty Fund Inc |
| Year published | 2007-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 154 |
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