{"product_id":"controlling-the-state-9780674009776","title":"Controlling the State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGordon explores the main venues of constitutional practice in ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, the Dutch Republic, seventeenth-century England, and eighteenth-century America—and describes how constitutionalism has developed since then into the modern concept of constitutional democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile not defending any particular version of constitutionalism as best, Gordon argues persuasively that some form of constitutional government is necessary for both prosperity and the preservation of individual liberty. -- R. Hudelson * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eAn unusually sweeping book...[Gordon] provides a...concise and accessible introduction to the history of constitutional government ... Particularly valuable for its distinctive emphasis on countervailing power as the cornerstone of constitutional governance and its broad survey of the practice and idea of constitutionalism over the course of Western history. -- Keith E. Whittington * Law and Politics Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction    1. The Doctrine of Sovereignty  The Classical Doctrine of Sovereignty  The People as Sovereign  Parliament as Sovereign   Critics of Sovereignty    2. Athenian Democracy  Constitutional Development   The Athenian Political System   The Theory of the Athenian Constitution   The Doctrine of Mixed Government   The Constitutional Totalitarianism of Sparta    3. The Roman Republic   The Development of the Republic, and Its Fall   The Political System of the Republic   Theoretical Interpretation of the Republican System    4. Countervailance Theory in Medieval Law, Catholic Ecclesiology, and Huguenot Political Theory   Canon Law and Roman Law   Catholic Ecclesiology and the Conciliar Movement   The Huguenot Political Theorists    5. The Republic of Venice   Venice and Europe   The Venetian System of Government   Venetian Constitutionalism   Church and State   The Myth of Venice   Venice, Mixed Government, and Jean Bodin    6. The Dutch Republic   The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic   The Political History of the Republic, 1566-1814   The Republican Political System   Dutch Political Theory    7. The Development of Constitutional Government and Countervailance Theory in Seventeenth-Century England   Religious Toleration and Civic Freedom   The Roles of Parliament   \"Mixed Government\" and the Countervailance Model   The Early Stuart Era   From the Civil War to the Revolution of 1688   The Provenance of English Countervailance Theory   The Eighteenth Century, and Montesquieu    8. American Constitutionalism   The Political Theory of the American Revolution   The State Constitutions   The National Constitution   The Bill of Rights and the Judiciary   A Note on Provenance    9. Modern Britain   Archaic Remnants: The Monarchy and the House of Lords   The House of Commons and the Cabinet   The Bureaucracy   The Judiciary   Unofficial Political Institutions: Pressure Groups    Epilogue   References   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526052749655,"sku":"9780674009776","price":34.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674009776.jpg?v=1731862723","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/controlling-the-state-9780674009776","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}