Controlling The State: Constitutionalism From Ancient Athens To Today,New Paul Pearsall And Life Over A Glass

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Controlling The State: Constitutionalism From Ancient Athens To Today,New Paul Pearsall And Life Over A GlassThis Book Examines The Development Of The Theory And Practice Of Constitutionalism, Defined As A Political System In Which The Coercive Power Of The State Is Controlled Through A Pluralistic Distribution Of Political Power. It Explores The Main Venues Of Constitutional Practice In Ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, The Dutch Republic, Seventeenthcentury England, And Eighteenthcentury America. From Its Beginning In Polybius'