BENJAMIN CONSTANT AND CONSTITUTIONALISM

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Vincent, K. Steven [1 ]
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[1] N Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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HISTORIA CONSTITUCIONAL | 2015年 / 16卷 / 16期
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Benjamin Constant; constitutionalism; liberalism; Boubon Restoration;
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Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) was one of the most famous liberal politicians and writers of the Bourbon Restoration in France (1814-1830). In 1814 and 1815, he wrote a number of notable works on constitutionalism. This article places these writings in their historical context, and summarizes Constant's liberal pluralist constitutional philosophy. Constant insisted on the protection of rights, on a representative system of politics based on popular sovereignty, on the separation and balance of power, and on religious toleration. He worried about the destabilizing effects of "fanaticism," and argued that a liberal constitutional regime would not endure unless citizens embraced a politics that permitted contestation, negotiation, and compromise.
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