Constitutional Democracy in a Multicultural and Globalised World English translation from the German 3rd revised edition “Allgemeine Staatslehre” by Katy Le Roy /

• Main Authors: Fleiner, Thomas (Author), Fleiner, Lidija R. Basta (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Public international law.; Sociology.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Sociology, general.; Public International Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.

After World War II, states transformed into ‘collective fortresses’ in order to protect competing ideological systems. The debate on post-modern statehood heavily built on ideological disputes between liberalism and communism, over the nature of the economic and social system, and the state and gove...

Table of Contents:

• General Introduction
• From the Tribe to the State in a Globalised Environment
• The View of Man and the State as the Starting Point of State Theories
• Human Rights
• Rule of Law
• The State as Legal Entity
• Theoretical Aspects of the Organisation of the Modern State
• The Multicultural State: The Challenge of the Future
• Outlook: The Constitutional State at the Threshold of a New Millennium.