Constitutional Mythologies New Perspectives on Controlling the State /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marciano, Alain (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Public Choice, 23
• Subjects: Political science.; Political philosophy.; Constitutional law.; Economic policy.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Political Philosophy.; Economic Policy.; Constitutional Law.

Our societies obviously rest on common beliefs. These "myths" are tools that help us to develop and build common identities; they form the structure around which societies function. This does not imply that these beliefs are “true,” in the sense that they would be supported by empirical fa...