Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Note on Interdisciplinarity and Stylistic Conventions ix
6. Introduction. The Norwegian Constitution as a Text 1
7. Part I. Embarking on the Matter
8. Chapter 1. The Thing That Invented Norway 21
9. Chapter 2. The Changing Meaning of “Constitution” in Norwegian Constitutional History 43
10. Chapter 3. The Many Textual Identities of Constitutions 60
11. Part II. Transnational Conversations
12. Chapter 4. The Norwegian Constitution and the Rhetoric of Political Poetry 77
13. Chapter 5. Constitution as a Transnational Genre 92
14. Chapter 6. Discursive Patterns in the Italian and Norwegian Constitutions 108
15. Part III. Historical Transformations
16. Chapter 7. Timing the Constitutional Moment 121
17. Chapter 8. The Norwegian Constitution and Its Multiple Codes 136
18. Chapter 9. Norwegian Parliamentary Discourse 2004–2014 on the Norwegian Constitution’s Language Form 151
19. Part IV. Freedom of Expression
20. Chapter 10. Article 100 and the Evolution of a Public Opinion Text Culture in Denmark-Norway 1770–1799 167
21. Chapter 11. To Speak What the Hour Demands Framing the 183 Future of Public Speech at Eidsvold in 1814 183
22. Chapter 12. Scholarly Texts’ Influence on the 2004 Revision of the Norwegian Constitution’s Article 100 198
23. Appendix A. Constitution for Kongeriget Norge 215
24. Appendix B. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway 231
25. Bibliography 253
26. List of Contributors 271
27. Index 273