Constitutionalism and the separation of powers /

Constitutionalism and the separation of powers /

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Author / Creator:	Vile, M. J. C.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, ©1998.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 455 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Online library of liberty.
Subject:	Separation of powers. Separation of powers. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140449

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Other authors / contributors:	Liberty Fund.
ISBN:	0865971749 9780865971745 0865971757 9780865971752 9781614878735 1614878730
Notes:	Originally published in 1967 by Oxford University Press. Title from web site as viewed on 11/29/2005. Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-442) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Arguably no political principle has been more central than the separation of powers to the evolution of constitutional governance in Western democracies. In the definitive work on the subject, M.J.C. Vile traces the history of the doctrine from its rise during the English Civil War, through its development in the eighteenth century - when it was indispensable to the founders of the American republic -- through subsequent political thought and constitution-making in Britain, France, and the United States. The author concludes with an examination of criticisms of the doctrine by both behavioralists and centralizers - and with "A Model of a Theory of Constitutionalism."
Other form:	Print version: Vile, M.J.C. Constitutionalism and the separation of powers. 2nd ed. Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, ©1998 0865971749

Table of Contents:

Preface to the Second Edition
1. The Doctrine of the Separation of Powers and Institutional Theory
2. The Foundation of the Doctrine
3. The Theory of the Balanced Constitution
4. Montesquieu
5. The Matchless Constitution and Its Enemies
6. The Doctrine in America
7. The Doctrine in France
8. The Rise and Fall of Parliamentary Government
9. From the Third Republic to the Fifth
10. Progressivism and Political Science in America
11. Political Theory, Constitutionalism, and the Behavioural Approach
12. A Model of a Theory of Constitutionalism
13. Epilogue: The Separation of Powers and the Administrative State
Bibliography
Index