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The Confines of Modern Constitutionalism

Pierce Law Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2004
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    1,056
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      872
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      184
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    2
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      2
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As a legal, political, and social movement modern constitutionalism has had an enormous impact internationally for over 200 years. As a concept modern constitutionalism is derived from enlightenment rationalism and political liberalism, and plays an important part in a certain world-view that dominates in Western Europe and the United States. This world-view posits a model of constitutionalism that is suitable for all people, in all places, and under all circumstances. The terms of modern constitutionalism, then, bear the hallmarks of a supposed universality that European and American scholars presume. In this article I discuss the terms of modern constitutionalism, the foundations for these terms, and the implications of accepting these terms uncritically.

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David T. Ritchie

modern constitutionalism; constitutionalism; enlightenment; rationalism; liberalism

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