A Sociology of Post-Imperial Constitutions by Chris Thornhill

A Sociology of Post-Imperial Constitutions by Chris Thornhill

Covering the period from the eighteenth century to the present, A Sociology of Post-Imperial Constitutions combines global history and historical legal sociology to explain how democratic constitutions were created by imperialism and military policies related to imperialism. It challenges common views about the relation between democracy and peace, examining how, in different locations and different periods, the constitutional ordering of citizenship both reflected and perpetuated warfare. It also isolates the features of constitutional systems that have been successful in obviating military violence, separating democracy from its military origins. It discusses how the emergence of democratic government after 1945 depended on a dialectical transformation of the war/law nexus in constitutional rule. It then assesses ways in which, and the reasons why, many contemporary constitutions have begun to remilitarize their societies and to rearticulate military constructs of legitimacy.

Chris Thornhill is Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham. He has held Professorships in Politics, Sociology and Law in Glasgow, Manchester and Bielefeld. He has received prizes for research in law and society from the Humboldt Foundation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, and the World Complexity Science Academy. This is his third book in Cambridge Studies in Law and Society, following A Sociology of Constitutions (2011) and A Sociology of Transnational Constitutions (2016).

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ISBN 13	9781316513941
ISBN 10	1316513947
Title	A Sociology of Post-Imperial Constitutions
Author	Chris Thornhill
Series	Cambridge Studies In Law And Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2024-12-12
Number of pages	580
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