Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern [Paperback]

Charles Howard McIlwain (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0801490103 | ISBN-13: 978-0801490101 | Publication Date: June 1947 | Edition: Revised

McIlwain, Charles Howard. Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1940. ix, 162 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-550-8. ISBN-10: 1-58477-550-5. Cloth. $75.

* Reprint of the first edition. Upon publication The Law Quarterly Review praised this book, noting that "great learning is manifest in these pages" (cited in Marke). McIlwain [1871-1968] examines of the rise of constitutionalism from the "democratic strands" in the works of Aristotle and Cicero through the transitional moment between the medieval and the modern eras. He concludes with a discussion of the forces of despotism that were threatening constitutionally based individual freedom in the 1930s. One of the twentieth century's most distinguished scholars of Anglo-American constitutional history, McIlwain was Eaton Professor of the Science of Government in Harvard University and the author of The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy (1910) and The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation (1924). Both of these are available as Lawbook Exchange reprints.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr; Revised edition (June 1947)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801490103
• ISBN-13: 978-0801490101
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,432,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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