Control the Country -- Modern Political Translation Series, Volume 2

Author: (USA) Scott Gordon, translated by Ying Qi, Chen Liwei, Meng Jun, Li Yong
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book explores the development of constitutional thought and practice. The author defines constitutionalism as a political system that controls the coercive power of the state through the plural distribution of political power. The book examines the main historical stages of constitutional practice: ancient Athens, the Roman Republic, Venice during the Renaissance, the Dutch Republic, 17th-century England, and 18th-century America, with particularly engaging analyses of the Venetian Republic and the Dutch Republic, which are often overlooked in traditional paradigms. By blending institutional history research and political analysis with vivid historical events and a dynamic intellectual atmosphere, the author makes the book highly readable.