Creating a Constitution
Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens
$72.10
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2019
Summary
A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making. More than half of the world’s constitutions have been drafted in the past half-century. Yet, one question still eludes theorists and practitioners alike: how do stable, growth-enhancing constitutional structures emerge and endure? In Creating a Constitution, Federica Carugati argues that ancient Athens offers a unique laboratory f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691195636 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691195633 |
| Author: | Federica Carugati |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 542g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This book does an excellent job of demonstrating the salience of Athens for our understanding of constitutionalism, and provides a historically well-grounded and analytically precise account of constitutional emergence.”—Melissa Schwartzberg, New York University “Explaining Athenian institutions in a wonderfully clear and concise fashion, this book demonstrates how much insight can be gleaned from applying concepts and tools from the social sciences to classics research.”—F. Andrew Hanssen, Clemson University
About The Author
Federica Carugati
Federica Carugati is a program director at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
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