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KOC University Istambul
Thomas Fleiner
Introductory Course in State and
Constitution Theory
The Road-Map to the modern
State
(First Lesson Monday)
From the State of modernity
to the State of post-modernity
Nations 2002
184 States
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Since second world war: 105 States
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A short overview on the
State development of the
European history:
Roman Empire
Roman Law
Hierarchy
Democracy
Indo-European Languages
Subjective – Objective
Content - Form
Three
Monotheistic
Religions
Society of guilt
Society of shame
800
Verdun 843
Verdun 843
Fourth Crusade
1220
Muslim World 1500
Peace of Westfalia
1648
Napoleon
1885 After Congress of Berlin 1878
Central Europe 1866 - 1914
Europe before World-War one
Europe between 1919 and 1939
Europe from 1946 to 1989
Europe (without GUS and Turkey)
after the fall of the wall
Influences on the modern
State:
Religions and Ideologies:
- Scholastic
- Reformation
- Enlightment (incl. Marxism)
History:
- Europe of Middle Age
- Peace of Westphalia
- Empires and their failure
- Congress of Vienna and Berlin
Important inner-state developments:
- UK and Constitutionalism:
Parliament and Rule of Law
- USA:
Limited Government, horizontal and
vertical separation of powers, constitutional review
- France: sovereignty of nation, national
assembly as law maker, public-private
law, hierarchy of governmental branches,
- Germany:
sovereignty of people, new development
of constitutional review, parliamentary
government
- Balkan: Nation and collective Rights
Principles of good governance
or of democratic governance
Rule of Law: human rights, independence
of judiciary, access to justice
separation of powers: “that men are rule
by law and not by men”
Transparency, democracy, accountability,
decentralization
Minority Protection