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

List of contents

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.

About the author

M. C. Mirow is Professor of Law at Florida International University.

Summary

Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present.

Product details

• Authors: M C Mirow, M. C. Mirow, Philip Mirowski, Mirowski Philip
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781107618558
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61855-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Legal History, 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