Latin American Constitutions - The Constitution of Cadiz and Its Legacy in Spanish America

Informationen zum Autor M. C. Mirow is Professor of Law at Florida International University. Klappentext Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present. Zusammenfassung Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Constitutional limbo in early nineteenth-century Latin America; 2. The Constitution of Cádiz: America's other first constitution; 3. The colonies speak to the metropole: transatlantic constitutionalism; 4. The failures and successes of metropole constitutionalism; 5. Latin American constitutionalism after independence; 6. The legacy of the Constitution of Cádiz: twentieth-century Latin American constitutionalism; 7. Constitutional promise: Latin American constitutionalism today; Conclusion; Appendix. Selected provisions of the Constitution of Cádiz of 1812; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: M. C. Mirow, Matthew C. Mirow
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107025592
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02559-2
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Legal History, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general