Enciclopedia de historia de España

La Constitución es la versión escrita del "contrato social" que habían imaginado los autores del siglo XVIII, y desde que la Convención de New Jersey promulgó la primera Constitución, cambió la forma de gobernar. A partir del 2 de julio de 1776, el constitucionalismo garantizó derechos a los individuos y participación a los ciudadanos, un programa que los poderes sucesivos, incluidos los que no lo aplicaron, consideraron ventajoso. A lo largo de este libro, el gran historiador español Miguel Artola disecciona los elementos activos de la Constitución (la legitimidad, la soberanía,...

Estados Unidos se ha definido siempre como un caso excepcional, un primer experimento político que muchas naciones han imitado antes o después. Su vasta superficie y el aumento constante y acelerado de su población condicionaron desde sus inicios los modos de vida de sus habitantes y configuraron su identidad como coloso demográfico y país inmigrante. El credo de la libertad, la fórmula que los Padres Fundadores encontraron para dotar de unidad y coherencia al país fue, a la larga, exitosa: Estados Unidos es la democracia más longeva del planeta y su escueta Constitución la más...

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