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Counting the many : the origins and limits of supermajority rule / Melissa Schwartzberg, New York University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartzberg, Melissa, 1975-
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Majorities--Cross-cultural studies.
- Majorities.
- Representative government and representation--Cross-cultural studies.
- Representative government and representation.
- Constitutional law--Cross-cultural studies.
- Constitutional law.
- Democracy--Cross-cultural studies.
- Democracy.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I.A remedy for the problems of unanimity: 2. Prelude: acclamation and aggregation in the ancient world; 3. Unanimitas to a two-thirds vote: medieval origins of supermajority rule; 4. Unanimity and supermajority rule in eighteenth-century France
- Part II. A remedy for the problems of majority rule: 5. Equality, majority rule, and supermajorities; 6. Constitutionalism without supermajorities; 7. Constitutionalism under complex majoritarianism
- 8. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781139013970
- 1139013971
- Publisher Number:
- 99985048233
- 40023053773
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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