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100	1		_aRICHARDSON, James T. _927511
245	1	0	_aReligion, constitutions courts, and democracy in former communist countries
260			_aThousand Oaks : _bSAGE, _cJanuary 2006
520	3		_aThis article offers two main arguments, both of which have important corollaries. First, the author argues that religion, and a specific form of religion, played a major role in the downfall of communism and the Soviet Union. Acorollary is that religious motivations furnished important impetus to the development of democracy in former communist countries (FCC). Second, the author argues that courts, and more specifically constitutional courts in FCC, played a major role in promoting democracy in those nations. A corollary to that assertion is that constitution courts in most FCC have demonstrated considerable respect for and promotion of the role of religion in FCC. These assertions and their corollaries are discussed in light of scholarly studies on the place of religion in the modern constitutionalism movement in former colonial and communist countries.
773	0	8	_tThe Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science _g603, p. 129-138 _dThousand Oaks : SAGE, January 2006 _xISSN 00027162 _w
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998			_a20100803 _b1055^b _cCarolina
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c19166 _d19166
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