Constitutional Documents of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1809-1849

by Thomas Riis (Editor), S nke Loebert (Editor), Dag Michalsen (Editor), Magnus Isberg (Editor)

Overview

The Constitutional Documents ofDenmark , Norway and Sweden is published as volume six of the Europe Part of the series Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century. This volume contains 32 of the most important constitutional documents from these three countries.

The historian Thomas Riis has edited the three Danish constitutional texts from the period 1831 to 1849 included in this volume: the "Anordning angaaende Provindsial-Stænders indførelse i Danmark" (1831), the "Verfassungsentwurf für Dänemark, Schleswig und Holstein" (1848) and "Danmarks Riges Grundlov" (1849).

A total of six constitutional documents were published in Norway during the relevant period, and each has been edited and annotated here by the jurist Dag Michalsen . Central to these documents are the two constitutions called "Kongeriget Norges Grundlov" from the year 1814 and the "Rigs-Act" of 1815, which have been edited along with their corresponding amendments.

The Swedish section of the volume is edited by Magnus Isberg , research assistant at the Swedish parliament, and contains six constitutional texts; namely, the "Regerings-Form" of 1809, the "Riksdags-Ordning" of 1810, and both the first and second "Successions-Ordning" (1809/10) and "Tryckfrihets-Förordning" (1810/12), as well as the corresponding amendments to all of them up to 1844.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783598356926
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	09/16/2008
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)
Language:	Danish
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Thomas Riis, Universität Kiel, Professor für Geschichte;Sönke Loebert, Glückstadt;Dag Michalsen, Universität Oslo, Norwegen, Professor für Öffentliches Recht;Magnus Isberg, Secretary Office des Schwedisches Parlaments, Stockholm.

Thomas Riis, University of Kiel, Germany, Professor of History

Sönke Loebert, Glückstadt

Dag Michalsen, University of Oslo, Norway, Professor of Public Law

Magnus Isberg, Secretary Office of the Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, Sweden