01355     2200217   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008003900059020001800098082000800116084001400124100001400138245006900152250001600221260003100237300001400268500007500282650002300357520075700380INLIS00000000001018320211014120519  a0010-1021000061ta211014                |          | |    a9781315573564  a342  a342 COX c0 aCox, Noel1 aConstitutional paradigms and the stability of states /cNoel Cox  a1st Edition  aLondon :bRoutledge,c2016  a308 pages  a<a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315573564">e-book</a> 4aConstitutional law  aThis book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states. It contributes to the literature in the field by focussing on how constitutional flexibility may have led to the rise of 'successful' states and to the decline of 'unsuccessful' states, by promoting stability. Divided into two parts, the book considers theories of the rise and fall of civilizations and individual states, explains the concept of hard and soft constitutions and applies this concept to different types of state models. A series of international case studies in the second part of the book identifies the key dynamics in legal, political and economic history and includes the UK, US, New Zealand and Eastern Europe.