The evolution of law and the state in Europe : seven lessons /
"Most books about public power and the state deal with their subject from the point of view of legal theory, sociology or political science. This book, without claiming to deliver a comprehensive theory of law and state, aims to inform by offering a fresh reading of history and institutions, pa...
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Oxford :
Hart Publishing,
[2014]
Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : 2014 |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Lesson 1: From the Roman Empire to the Rebirth of Public Powers in Europe; The World becomes Roman; New Rome, Constantinople, and a New Europe; The New Religion, the Roman Empire and Europe; Charlemagne, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Constantinople; The Late Roman Empire and the Concept of State; Concluding Remarks; Lesson 2: Public Administration; Jus Politiae; Public Administration and Public Law; Public Administration and Fiskus; The Development of a Public Administration in England
- From the Roman Empire to the rebirth of public powers in Europe
- Public administration
- The modern state and its foundations : the rule of law
- The concept of the modern state
- From decentralization to devolution
- The modern state : from the one-class state to the multi-class state and its evolution
- The modern state integrating in the international community
- DevolutionLesson 6: The 'Modern' State: From the One-class State to the Multi-class State and its Evolution; The One-class State of the Nineteenth Century; Towards the Multi-class State; The Multi-class State; The Fascist State; The State of the Bolshevik Revolution; The Second World War and the Multi-class State; Democratic State, State of Law, Social State; The Classless State?; Lesson 7: The 'Modern' State Integrating in the International Community; A Fragmented and Simultaneously Integrated International Environment
- Public Administration of States and other 'Public' or 'Private' AdministrationsThe Divide between Public Law and Private Law; Lesson 3: The 'Modern' State and its Foundations: The Rule of Law; The French Revolution of 1789 and the Rule of Law; The Ideas of AV Dicey, the Rule of Law and the Principle of Legality; The Rule of Law or Principle of Legality in Modern Times; Lesson 4: The Concept of the 'Modern' State; The French Concept of State; The German Concept of State; Lesson 5: From Decentralization to Devolution; Decentralization; Selbstverwaltung; From Federalism to Regionalism
- The Reaction of the State, Crises, Reforms and the Gradual Constellation of Multi-level Public Power, both Nationally and InternationallyThe Dilution of the States in the International Environment and the Rule of Law; Conclusions; Index