This book discusses the mechanisms to restrict government power through social self-binding, including different forms of the separation of powers and constitutional review. Written in non-technical language and using the most important English, American, French, and German examples of constitutional history, the book also examines East European and Latin American examples, in part to illustrate certain dead-ends in constitutional development.
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Central European University Press
Release
January 01, 1999
ISBN
9639116246
ISBN 13
9789639116245
Limiting Government: An Introduction to Constitutionalism
This book discusses the mechanisms to restrict government power through social self-binding, including different forms of the separation of powers and constitutional review. Written in non-technical language and using the most important English, American, French, and German examples of constitutional history, the book also examines East European and Latin American examples, in part to illustrate certain dead-ends in constitutional development.