| This book provided a complete documentary history of the idea of sovereignty
from Classical theory to the global age. Its "diachronic" perspective
illuminates the characteristic feature of modern sovereignty: the
anthropomorphism of nations. The "synchronic" perspective describes conflicting
elements within the history of sovereignty by identifying its encounter with
nationalism and constitutionalism. The historical examination of sovereignty
leads the author to conclude that the recent transformation of the principle of
sovereignty can be understood in the context of "new institutional
constitutionalism". |
