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The Road-Map to the modernState
KOC University Istambul
Thomas FleinerIntroductory Course in State and
Constitution Theory
(First Lesson Monday)
From the State of modernityto the State of post-modernity
Nations 2002
184 States
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Since second world war: 105 States
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A short overview on theState development of the
European history:
Roman Empire
ThreeMonotheistic
Religions
Indo-European LanguagesSubjective – Objective
Content - Form
Roman LawHierarchy
Democracy
Society of guiltSociety of shame
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Verd
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Fourth Crusade1220
Muslim World 1500
Peace
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Napoleon
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Central Europe 1866 - 1914
Europe before World-War one
Europe between 1919 and 1939
Europe from 1946 to 1989
Europe (without GUS and Turkey) after the fall of the wall
Influences on the modernState:
Religions and Ideologies: - Scholastic- Reformation- Enlightment (incl. Marxism)
History:- Europe of Middle Age- Peace of Westphalia- Empires and their failure- Congress of Vienna and Berlin
Important inner-state developments:- UK and Constitutionalism:Parliament and Rule of Law- USA:Limited Government, horizontal and vertical separation of powers, constitu-tional review- France: sovereignty of nation, nationalassembly as law maker, public-private law, hierarchy of governmental branches, - Germany:sovereignty of people, new developmentof constitutional review, parliamentary government- Balkan: Nation and collective Rights
Principles of good governanceor of democratic governance
Rule of Law: human rights, independence of judiciary, access to justiceseparation of powers: “that men are ruleby law and not by men”
Transparency, democracy, accountability,decentralization Minority Protection
