A sociology of post-imperial constitutions

• Verfasst von: Thornhill, Christopher J. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: A sociology of post-imperial constitutions
• Titelzusatz: suppressed civil war and colonized citizens
• Verf.angabe: Chris Thornhill, University of Birmingham
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2025
• Umfang: viii, 561 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge studies in law and society
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 507-550
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51394-1
• Schlagwörter: (s)Demokratie / (s)Imperialismus / (s)Verfassung / (z)Geschichte 1700-
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Thornhill, Chris, 1966-: Sociology of post-imperial constitutions. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024 |(DLC)2024022073
• Sach-SW: Constitutional & administrative law
• Sach-SW: Kolonialismus und Imperialismus
• Sach-SW: LAW / Constitutional
• Sach-SW: Politisches System: Demokratie
• Sach-SW: Theorie der Kriegsführung und Militärwissenschaft
• Sach-SW: Verfassung: Regierung und Staat
• K10plus-PPN: 189017226X

Abstract

"The first claim in this book is that the development of constitutional law has a dialectical relation to imperialism, and to military forces that accompany imperialism. From their first emergence, constitutions formed components in lines of state building connected to inter-imperial rivalry, and they reflected the interlinking of states in a transnational military system. In this process, Imperialism shaped the development of constitutions in different ways. Many states acquired constitutions as they were separated from existing empires, so that national self-determination became the wellspring of constitutional law"

Abstract

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