The Centre for the Study ofthe History of Political Thought

First Popular Sovereignty Project workshop

The first meeting of the Popular Sovereignty Project was held on 6 July 2012. The following papers were presented:

  • Melissa Lane: ‘Rethinking Offices: Athenians, Plato, and Aristotle on Popular magistracies and Political Knowledge’
  • Eric Nelson: ‘”The King is the Only Sovereign of the Empire”: Prerogative, Representation, and the American Founding’
  • Tim Stanton: ‘State Authority, Popular Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law: Weber, Schmitt, Kelsen, and the lessons of Weimar Germany’
    Please see Proceedings and papers for more details.