A History of Western Public Law

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 From the Origins to the Polis

Chapter 3 The Roman Political Model: From Res Publica to Imperium

Chapter 4 From Territorial Power to Spiritual Rule: Christianity’s Political Dimension

Chapter 5 From the Germanic Tribes to Kingdoms

Chapter 6 Popes vs. Emperors: The Rise and Fall of Papal Power

Chapter 7 From Public to Private Power: Europe in the Feudal Age

Chapter 8 From Kings to Monarchs: The Resurgence of Public Power in Late Medieval Europe

Chapter 9 The Apogee of Royal Power: Absolute Monarchy (The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries)

Chapter 10 From the Conservative King to the Reformist Monarch: The Stage of Enlightened Absolutism (Eighteenth Century)

Chapter 11 From Absolute to Limited Monarchy: The British Origins of Parliamentary Government

Chapter 12 From Monarchy to Representative Government: The American “Revolution”

Chapter 13 From Absolute Monarchy to Democratic Absolutism: The French Revolution

Chapter 14 The Return of the Monarchical Principle (I). The Origins of North American Presidentialism

Chapter 15 The Return of the Monarchical Principle (II). The French State. From Imperial Bonapartism to Republican Presidentialism

Chapter 16 The Golden Era of Liberalism and the Apogee of the Nation-State

Chapter 17 The Triumph of the State Over the Nation: From Totalitarianism to Interventionism

Chapter 18 The Crisis of the Nation-State in the Era of European Integration