The Story of Constitutions
Voermans, Wim
Today, 189 out of 193 officially recognised nation-states have a written constitution, and 75% of these have been ratified since 1975. How did this worldwide diffusion of constitutions come about? In this book, Wim Voermans traces the varied and surprising story of constitutions since the agricultural revolution of c.10, 000 bce. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Voermans shows how human evolution, human nature and the history of thought...
