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Schwartzberg, Melissa

Democracy and legal change Melissa Schwartzberg. - Cambridge [England] New York Cambridge University Press 2009. - xii, 228 p. 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.

Introduction : explaining legal change and entrenchment -- Innovation and democracy : legal change in ancient Athens -- Legislation and law reform in seventeenth-century England -- Fallibility and foundations in the U.S. Constitution -- Protecting democracy and dignity in Postwar Germany -- Conclusion : defending democracy against entrenchment.

ISBN: 0521866529 (paperback)

LCCN: 2006031900

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law reform
Democracy
Law reform--History.

LC Class. No.: K552 / .S29 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 340.3 / S3991d