Michael P Fitzsimmons

Gebundenes Buch

The Forgotten Constitution

The Origins, Realization, and Legacy of the French Constitution of 1791

Beschreibung

The Forgotten Constitution discusses the world historical importance of the little-known French Constitution of 1791. It shows how the Constitution of 1791 gave birth to constitutionalism in the nineteenth century and the establishment of human rights in the twentieth. It also gave birth to electoral democracy.

Autor

Michael P. Fitzsimmons is Professor of History Emeritus at Auburn University at Montgomery. His previous books include The Place of Words: The Académie Française and Its Dictionary during an Age of Revolution, The Night the Old Regime Ended: August 4, 1789 and The French Revolution, and The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780197793947
• ISBN-10: 0197793940
• Artikelnr.: 73660942