A Grammar of Constitutionalism: Part I: Enchantment of Plato, or Ghost of Universality?

This book was written as one of the attempts in search of answers to the eternal questions, still not answered to the end: why some forms of the arrangement of the state are suitable for some people and not suitable for others? Do you know what Uganda, Fiji, Guyana, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Indonesia have in common? After the end of colonial rule, they all chose the classical Westminster model of parliamentary republic, hoping to put an end to the corruption and authoritarianism. However, all of them abandoned this form of government shortly, as it got much worse. And simultaneously, are there universals applicable to all states? What is the common thing through which no nation can transcend the very nature of man? And this is by no means the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. Wholeness of Constitutionalism § 1. Human Deficiency § 2. Genetic determinism? § 3. Quod Homo Perficiatur... § 4. Eidos vs. Eidolon § 5. Human Nature § 6. Justice and Law § 7. Justice or Law? § 8. Ideology Matrix § 9. Mimesis of Constitutionalism § 10. Eidos of Constitutionalism: Constitutionalism as a Sum of Technologies CHAPTER II. Wholeness of the Nation-State? § 1. Group Stratification § 2. Normativists and Instrumentalists § 3. Engineering of Nation-State § 4. The Case of the European Union § 5. Specifics of Azerbaijan § 6. Exo-Socialization § 7. Color Est e Pluribus Unus § 8. Blut und Boden § 9. The Great Identifier Notes Bibliography Index 1 11 12 35 58 81 116 161 202 232 263 289 327 328 368 403 425 453 478 502 531 555 585 619 725 This monograph seeks to answer a few eternal questions, which have not been answered to their fullest extent. Why are some arrangements of the State suitable for certain peoples and not for others? What do Uganda, Fiji, Guyana, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Indonesia have in common? Upon the end of colonial rule, they all chose the classical Westminster model, opting for the republican form but hoping to do away with corruption and authoritarianism. However, they all ended up abandoning this form of government, as the situation got worse. Are there universal principles applicable to all States? What commonality ensures that no nation can transcend the very nature of man? If this commonality is not the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, what is it?