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1 online resource (382 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface; 1Introduction: Law and the formation of modern Europe -- perspectives from the historical sociology of law; 1.1 Law and European society; 1.2 Towards a historical sociology of European law; 1.3 The historical sociology of law as a framework for understanding Europe; 1.3.1 Sociology of constitutional law and state formation; 1.3.2 Sociology of European integration; 1.3.3 Sociology of transnational processes in law and society; 1.4 Outline of the book. |
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1.4.1 Part I -- Legal institutions and European state formation1.4.2 Part II -- Law and Europe ́s ideological transformations; 1.4.3 Part III -- Law and the supranational reinvention of Europe; Bibliography; Part I Legal institutions and European state formation; 2 Fascism and European state formation: the crisis of constituent power; 2.1 Constitutions, rights and state autonomy; 2.2 World War I and the material constituent power; 2.3 The crisis of state autonomy: patterns of reaction to the military constitution; 2.3.1 Britain and France; 2.3.2 Germany in the Weimar Republic. |
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2.3.3 Spain under Primo de Rivera, Portugal and Austria2.3.4 Italy; 2.3.5 Germany and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP); 2.4 Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 The beginnings of constitutional justice in Europe; 3.1 Introduction1; 3.2 The American paradigm; 3.3 The Austrian Constitutional Court and Hans Kelsen; 3.4 'The Guardian of the Constitution'; 3.5 Developments after 1945; Bibliography; 4 Judicialization: A sociohistorical perspective (lessons and questions from the French Fifth Republic); 4.1 A judicial revolution? |
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4.2 'Judicialization' as a grid for sociohistorical analysis4.3 A starting point: the instauration of the Fifth Republic in France and the 'Crisis of Law'; 4.4 Historical conditions of possibility: the aggorniamentoof the legal professions; 4.5 Conditions of coalescence: 'judicialization' as social configuration; Bibliography; 5 Towards a sociology of intermediary institutions: the role of law in corporatism, neo-corporatism and governance; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A methodological and theoretical recalibration; 5.3 The common function of corporatism, neo-corporatism and governance. |
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5.4 Beyond the state/society dichotomy5.5 Structural transformations; 5.6 The organisational infrastructure: organisations, networks and social roles; 5.7 The transformation of law; 5.8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II Law and Europe's ideological transformations; 6 Private, public and collective: the twentieth century in Italy from fascism to democracy; 6.1 Looking for a new order; 6.2 The doctrine of totalitarianism; 6.3 Social and individual law; 6.4 The end of fascist corporatism; 6.5 Democratic life and 'new corporatism'; 6.6 Conclusion; Bibliography. |
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7 Nazism and its legal aftermath: coming to terms with the past after World War II. |
| Summary |
Presents a series of distinct sociological inquiries into the formation of contemporary European law and society. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Law -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Law. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Law -- Social aspects -- Europe.
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Law -- Social aspects. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Law. |
| Added Author |
Thornhill, C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Madsen, Mikael Rask. Law and the Formation of Modern Europe : Perspectives from the Historical Sociology of Law. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2014 9781107044050 |
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9781316008867 |
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131600886X |
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9781316004364 (electronic book) |
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1316004368 (electronic book) |
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9781107358393 (electronic book) |
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1107358396 (electronic book) |
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1107619882 |
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9781107619883 |
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9781107044050 |
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1107044057 |
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9781107619883 (paperback) |
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