A History of Western Public Law: Between Nation and State

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
From the Origins to the Polis....Pages 9-36
The Roman Political Model: From Res Publica to Imperium ....Pages 37-64
From Territorial Power to Spiritual Rule: Christianity’s Political Dimension....Pages 65-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
From the Germanic Tribes to Kingdoms....Pages 93-119
Popes vs. Emperors: The Rise and Fall of Papal Power....Pages 121-152
From Public to Private Power: Europe in the Feudal Age....Pages 153-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
From Kings to Monarchs: The Resurgence of Public Power in Late Medieval Europe....Pages 177-210
The Apogee of Royal Power: Absolute Monarchy (The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries)....Pages 211-256
From the Conservative King to the Reformist Monarch: The Stage of Enlightened Absolutism (Eighteenth Century)....Pages 257-286
From Absolute to Limited Monarchy: The British Origins of Parliamentary Government....Pages 287-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
From Monarchy to Representative Government: The American “Revolution”....Pages 321-369
From Absolute Monarchy to Democratic Absolutism: The French Revolution....Pages 371-413
The Return of the Monarchical Principle (I). The Origins of North American Presidentialism....Pages 415-448
The Return of the Monarchical Principle (II). The French State. From Imperial Bonapartism to Republican Presidentialism....Pages 449-487
The Golden Era of Liberalism and the Apogee of the Nation-State....Pages 489-554
The Triumph of the State Over the Nation: From Totalitarianism to Interventionism....Pages 555-644
Front Matter....Pages 645-645
The Crisis of the Nation-State in the Era of European Integration....Pages 647-729
Back Matter....Pages 731-775