The Cosmopolitan Constitution

by Alexander Somek

Originally the constitution was expected to express and channel popular sovereignty. It was the work of freedom, springing from and facilitating collective self-determination. After the Second World War this perspective changed: the modern constitution owes its authority not only to collective authorship, it also must commit itself credibly to human rights. Thus people recede into the background, and the national constitution becomes embedded into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019879794X
• ISBN13: 9780198797944
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"