| Description |
1 online resource (168 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Constitutional Frameworks and Constitutional Law; CHAPTER 2 Parties, Leaders, and Constitutional Law in Ebert's Republic; CHAPTER 3 Divided Minorities and Constitutional Dictatorship in Weimar Germany; CHAPTER 4 Parties, Leaders, and Constitutional Law in de Gaulle's Republic; CHAPTER 5 Consolidated Majorities and Constitutional Democracy in the French Fifth Republic; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
After the collapse of communism, some thirty countries scrambled to craft democratic constitutions. Surprisingly, the constitutional model they most often chose was neither the pure parliamentary model found in most of Western Europe at the time, nor the presidential model of the Americas. Rather, it was semi-presidentialism--a rare model known more generally as the "French type." This constitutional model melded elements of pure presidentialism with those of pure parliamentarism. Specifically, semi-presidentialism combined a popularly elected head of state with a head of government responsibl |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Executive power.
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Democracy.
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Constitutional history.
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Democracy -- Germany -- History
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Democracy -- France -- History
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Constitutional history
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Democracy
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Executive power
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France
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400832620 |
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1400832624 |
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9780691146720 |
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0691146721 |
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