J.H Shennan “Origins of modern state in Europe” Il Mulino,Bologna,1976
C.L.de Montesquieu “The spirit of the Law” ( All.1.1)
1)In the text find out the key words which define the concept of Modern State
2)Focus the meaning of the concept of Modern State
3)Write down a short composition expressing a judgement on:
To grasp in modern Europe the time and place of the passage from “privilege”
(privus-lex) to public law and so, of the formation of the idea of “State”
To know the constitutive elements of the State
To reflect on the role of national identity in the formation of the state understood
in a modern manner to find out in the sense of European belonging the core which
founds the European citizenship.
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