Book contents
- Properties of Law
- Law in Context
- Properties of Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- Part I Sociality
- Part II Normativity
- 6 Specificities of Legal Normativity
- 7 Layers of Law
- 8 Orders of Law
- 9 Morality of Law
- 10 Constitution
- Part III Plurality
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iv)
10 - Constitution
from Part II - Normativity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2021
- Properties of Law
- Law in Context
- Properties of Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- Part I Sociality
- Part II Normativity
- 6 Specificities of Legal Normativity
- 7 Layers of Law
- 8 Orders of Law
- 9 Morality of Law
- 10 Constitution
- Part III Plurality
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iv)
Summary
‘Constitution’ in its present sense belongs to the history of modern law and polity, with the American and French revolutionary constitutions from the end of the eighteenth century as the decisive watersheds. The sedimentation of the new meaning of ‘constitution’ took time. After Russia had gained possession of Finland from Sweden, Alexander I received the estates in Borgå in 1809 and solemnly pledged to preserve the ‘constitution’ of the land. The Russian and Finnish sides could never come to an agreement on what Alexander meant by ‘constitution’.
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- Properties of LawModern Law and After, pp. 186 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021