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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M. C. Mirow, Matthew C. Mirow
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107025592
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02559-2
• Pagine: 332
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 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