Control in Constitutional Law

by Carla M. Zoethout (Editor), Ger van der Tang, P.W.C. Akkermans

Throughout the history of Western political thought, one of the main issues has been the problem of how to control governmental power. Every government may deteriorate and become destructive of the values it was intended to promote. This conviction has been expressed in the concept of constitutionalism, the idea that all governmental power should be limited or controlled. Thus, constitutional government means limited government.

248 pages, Hardcover

First published September 17, 1993