Writing democracy : the Norwegian Constitution, 1814-2014 / edited by Karen Gammelgaard and Eirik Holmøyvik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gammelgaard, Karen, editor.

Holmøyvik, Eirik, editor.

Series:

Time and the world ; v. 2.

Time and the world : interdisciplinary studies in cultural transformations series ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Norway.

Constitutional history.

Democracy.

Norway.

Constitutional law--Norway.

Constitutional law.

Democracy--Norway.

Physical Description:

xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]

Contents:

The thing that invented Norway / William B. Warner, Eirik Holmyvik, and Mona Ringvej

The changing meaning of "constitution" in Norwegian constitutional history / Eirik Holmøyvik

The many textual identities of constitutions / Dag Michalsen

The Norwegian constitution and the rhetoric of political poetry / Ulrich Schmid

Constitution as a transnational genre : Norway 1814 and the Habsburg Empire 1848-1849 / Karen Gammelgaard

Discursive patterns in the Italian and Norwegian constitutions / Jacqueline Visconti

Timing the constitutional moment : time and language in the Norwegian constitution / Helge Jordheim

The Norwegian constitution and its multiple codes : expressions of historical and political change / Inger-Johanne Sand

Norwegian parliamentary discourse 2004-2012 on the Norwegian constitution's language form / Yordanka Madzharova Bruteig

Article 100 and the evolution of a public opinion text culture in Denmark-Norway 1770-1799 / Kjell Lars Berge

To speak what the hour demands : framing the future of public speech at Eidsvold in 1814 / Mona Ringvej

Scholarly texts' influence on the 2004 revision of the Norwegian Constitution's Article 100 / Ragnvald Kalleberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.

ISBN:

9781782385042

1782385045

1782385053

9781782385059

OCLC:

881146211