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Constitution makers on constitution making : the experience of eight nations / edited by Robert A. Goldwin & Art Kaufman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- AEI studies ; Volume 479.
- American Enterprise Institute studies ; Volume 479
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--Congresses.
- Constitutional history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (463 pages).
- Other Title:
- Constitution Makers on Constitution Making
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, [1988]
- Summary:
- Relating the construction of the constitutions of France, Germany, the United States, Yugoslavia, Spain, Egypt, Venezuela and Nigeria, this volume provides analyses of how to put into practice the principles of consitutionalism - political liberty, security of rights and self-government.
- Contents:
- The drafting of the French constitution of 1958 / Jean Foyer
- Making the constitution of Greece / Constantine D. Tsatsos
- The writing of the constitution of the United States / Walter Berns
- The creation of the 1974 constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / Jovan Djordjevic
- The writing of the constitution of Spain / Francisco Rubio Llorente
- The writing of the 1971 Egyptian constitution / Ibrahim Saleh
- The making of the Venezuelan constitution / Gustavo Planchart Manrique
- The making of the Nigerian constitution / F.R.A. Williams.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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