In 2008, France celebrated the fifty years of the promulgation of the Fifth Republic Constitution. It was also the year of the largest modification of the Constitution, the so called 'modernisation¿. The book questions the foundations of the Fifth Republic, considering the 'old¿ and the 'new¿. It explores the dynamics and changes that not only occurred during the last fifty years of theConstitution but also the presence of old elements, sometimes archaic ones that create tensions within the constitutional text. The book examines the 'human rights¿ turn as being central to the foundation of the Republic, both as expressions of the Enlightenment and the Revolution, but also as a motor for French colonisation. The book goes on to look at the reaction of the French Republic towards new regional and global developments such as European integration and the response to environmental challenges, while still remaining anchored inthe France¿s past.
- ISBN: 978-0-415-68371-5
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés