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27 - The Story of the Constitution

from Part V - The Imagined Order of the Constitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2023

Wim Voermans
Wim Voermans
Affiliation:
Universiteit Leiden
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Summary

This chapter is more or less a conclusion of all the foregoing chapters: it shows how we humans are storytellers and convey meaning, values, experiences and insights by storytelling. And that is what constitutions actually are: stories of how we best relate to one another in political societies, and how we should behave (stories about morality, justice and the law). Through constitutions we communicate and establish paths for (optimal) human cooperation, in credible, convincing, even compelling ways - packed together with methods (instruments) for reaffirmation.

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Storiesstorytellingstorytellersconstitution as a compelling storyjusticelawthe story of the constitution
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The Story of Constitutions
Discovering the We in Us
 , pp. 314 - 321
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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