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Paperback Strong Constitutions: Social-Cognitive Origins of the Separation of Powers Book

ISBN: 0190235225

ISBN13: 9780190235222

Strong Constitutions: Social-Cognitive Origins of the Separation of Powers

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The separation of powers is an idea with ancient origins, but nowadays it is largely relegated to legal doctrine, public philosophy, or the history of ideas. Yet the concept is often evoked in debates on the 'war' on terrorism, the use of emergency powers, or constitutional reform. Strong Constitutions boldly places the separation of powers on a social scientific footing, arguing that it emerged with the spread of literacy, became central to constitutional...

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