9781330248744 - The New Democracy and the Constitution (Classic Reprint) de McKechnie, William Sharp (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book, published in 1912, unpacks the evolution of Britain's democratic constitution. From humble beginnings in medieval England to the brink of what its author calls the 20th-century New Democracy, the author analyses the shifting foundations of sovereignty through the centuries. Drawing on the dominant constitutional theories of the author's time, this book probes the nature of representation, the composition and authority of the House of Commons, the relationship between taxation and representation, and the division of powers considered as a system of checks and balances. The author's arguments reveal the disjunctions between democratic theory and practice, with thought-provoking lines of inquiry into the challenges, contradictions, and evolutions of constitutional democracy that endure to this day. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.