Popular Sovereignty in Early Modern Constitutional Thought

by Daniel Lee

Book Overview

Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from 'the people' - is perhaps the cardinal doctrine of modern constitutional theory, placing full constitutional authority in the people at large, rather than in the hands of judges, kings, or a political elite. Although its classic formulation is to be found in the major theoretical treatments of the modern state, such as in the treatises...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198745168
• ISBN13: 9780198745167
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"