# The Evolution of Law and the State in Europe - Portail Universitaire du droit

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## Parution

*Seven Lessons*

- **ISBN** : 978-1-509-91299-5
- **Éditeur** : Bloomsbury

## Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur
Most books about public power and the state deal with their subject from the point of view of legal theory, sociology or political science. This book, without claiming to deliver a comprehensive theory of law and state, aims to inform by offering a fresh reading of history and institutions, particularly as they have developed in continental Europe and European political and legal science.
Drawing on a remarkably wide range of sources from both Western and Eastern Europe, the author suggests that only by knowing the history of the state, and state administration since the twelfth century, can we begin to comprehend the continuing importance of the state and public powers in modern Europe.
In an era of globalization, when the importance of international law and institutions frequently lead to the claim that the state either no longer exists or no longer matters, the truth is in fact more complex. We now live in an era where the balance is shifting away from the struggle to build states based on democratic values, towards fundamental values existing above and beyond the borders of nations and states, under the watchful gaze of judges bound by the rule of law.
122 pages
 
Sommaire
Lesson 1: From the Roman Empire to the Rebirth of Public Powers in Europe
The World becomes Roman  New Rome, Constantinople, and a New Europe  The New Religion, the Roman Empire and Europe  Charlemagne, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Constantinople  The Late Roman Empire and the Concept of State  Concluding Remarks
Lesson 2: Public Administration 
Jus Politiae   Public Administration and Public Law  Public Administration and Fiskus   The Development of a Public Administration in England  Public Administration of States and other 'Public' or 'Private' Administrations  The Divide between Public Law and Private Law
Lesson 3: The 'Modern' State and its Foundations: The Rule of Law
The French Revolution of 1789 and the Rule of Law  The Ideas of AV Dicey, the Rule of Law and the Principle of Legality  The Rule of Law or Principle of Legality in Modern Times
Lesson 4: The Concept of the 'Modern' State
The French Concept of State  The German Concept of State
Lesson 5: From Decentralization to Devolution
Decentralization  Selbstverwaltung   From Federalism to Regionalism  Devolution
Lesson 6: The 'Modern' State: From the One-class State to the Multi-class State and its Evolution
The One-class State of the Nineteenth Century  Towards the Multi-class State  The Multi-class State  The Fascist State  The State of the Bolshevik Revolution  The Second World War and the Multi-class State  Democratic State, State of Law, Social State  The Classless State?
Lesson 7: The 'Modern' State Integrating in the International Community
A Fragmented and Simultaneously Integrated International Environment  The Reaction of the State, Crises, Reforms and the Gradual Constellation of Multi-level Public Power, both Nationally and Internationally  The Dilution of the States in the International Environment and the Rule of Law
Conclusions


## Métadonnées

- **Catégorie** : Parutions
- **Publié** : 2017-03-30

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