Constitutionalism: Ancient And Modern - Hardcover

McIlwain, Charles Howard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584775505 ISBN 13: 9781584775508

Publisher: Lawbook Exchange Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

McIlwain, Charles Howard. Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1940. ix, 162 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Hardcover. New.

* 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.

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About the Author:

Charles Howard McIlwain [1871-1968] was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished scholars of Anglo-American constitutional history. He was the 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).

Review:

The time seems to be propitious for an examination of the general principle of constitutionalism - our own Anglo-Saxon brand of it in particular - and an examination which should include some consideration of the successive stages in its development. For perhaps never in its long history has the principle of constitutionalism been so questioned as it is questioned today, never has the attack upon it been so determined or so threatening as it is just now. The world is trembling in the balance between the orderly procedure of law and the processes of force which seem so much more quick and effective. We must make our choice between these two, and it must be made in the very near future. If we are to make that choice intelligently it would seem reasonable whether in the end we decide for law or for force, that we should retrace the history of our constitutionalism - the history of force is enough - should try to estimate its past achievement, and should consider the nature and effects of the forces which have been arrayed against it . . . . Readers interested in Anglo-American history, political philosophy, or simply the foundation for individual liberty will appreciate the republication of this classic work.

Educational Book Review India
June-July 2008

About this edition

• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1584775505
• ISBN 13: 9781584775508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 162