Historical Foundations of American Constitutionalism
David Hopp

Contents

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Introduction

The Lessons of History

Athens and the Origin of Political Rights

Marsiglio of Padua and the Defensor Pacis

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Marsiglio of Padua and the Defensor Pacis

The Will of the People

  • Prolegomena
  • Characterizing the Middle Ages
  • A Few Good Generalizations
  • A Very Garden of Delights
  • The Absence of Their Princes
  • Republican Governments
  • Territorial Control
  • Conflict, Internal and External
  • The Popolo, The Signorie and the End of Republican Government
  • Church and State in the Late Middle Ages
  • The Church Become the State-Church
  • Political Answers to Political Problems
  • Two Sovereign States
  • The Quarrel Begins with a Dress Rehearsal
  • Defensor Pacis
  • The Will of the People
  • Law and Coercive Force
  • The Ruler is a Human Being
  • The Source of Authority
  • The Efficient Cause of the Ruler
  • The People, The Sovereigns
  • An Intrusive State
  • A Single State
  • Conclusions
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