Contents

Foreword

About the Author

Abbreviations

Introduction: Thinking About Public Law

A. The Roman Foundations of Public Law

B. The Government of the Res Publica

1. The Ancient World

2. The Medieval World

3. The Modern World

C. Public Law and the State

BOOK I: THE MONARCHICAL AGE

Part A: The Continental Monarchies

Chapter 1: The French Legacy

A. The Royal-State

1. The Theory

2. The Practice

B. The Laws (Lois) of the King

1. Legislative Practice

2. Legal Regime

a. The Loi as a Unilateral Act

b. The Loi as an Abrogative Act

Chapter 2: The German Legacy

A. The Prince-State

1. Foundations

a. The Doctrine of Luther

b. Roman Law

2. Characteristics

B. The Well-Ordered Police-State

1. Origins and Ideological Foundations

2. Developments

C. From the State as a Physical Person to the State as a Juridical Person

1. The Building of the Rechtsstaat

2. The Transformations of the State

Part B: The English Monarchy

Chapter 3: The Defeat of Absolutism

A. The Fate of the Prerogative

1. The Status of the Ordinary Prerogative

a. The Question of Prohibitions (1607)

b. The Case of Proclamations (1611)

2. The Status of the Extraordinary Prerogative

a. Case of Impositions (Bate's Case) (1606)

b. Darnel's or the Five Knights' Case (1627)

c. R. v. Hampden (The Case of Ship Money) (1637)

B. Parliamentary Sovereignty

1. Historical Construction of the Principle

2. Political and Social Conditions

3. The Theory of Albert V. Dicey

Chapter 4: The Rule of Law

A. Origin and Historical Evolution

B. Content

C. Scope

1. Traditional Principles

2. Recent Developments

BOOK II: THE REPUBLICAN AGE

Part C: The American Model

Chapter 5: Popular Sovereignty

A. Popular Representation

1. Historical Formation (1776-1786)

2. The Theory of Popular Representation

B. The Status of Statutory Law in the State

Chapter 6: Limited Power

A. The Separation of Powers

1. Historical Formation

a. The Years of Formation (1776-1779)

b. The Years of Consolidation (1780-1787)

2. The Theory of the Separation of Powers

B. The Liberal State

Part D: The French Model

Chapter 7: National Sovereignty

A. National Representation

1. Historical Formation

2. The Theory of National Representation

B. The Status of Statutory Law in the State

1. The Law-Making Process and the Representation of Interests

2. Object of Statutory Law

Chapter 8: State Power

A. The Separation of Functions

1. Absence of Checks and Balances

2. The French Conception of the Separation of Powers

B. The Republican State

1. Objectives

2. Means

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index