Seven. Liberal Constitutionalism and the Sovereign Pardon

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Foreword xv
4. Editor’s Introduction 1
5. Part I. Stages
6. Preface 51
7. One. Sad Stories of the Death of Kings 57
8. Two. Contested Sovereignty 80
9. Three. Nurhaci’s Gambit 102
10. Four. The Living Image of the People 124
11. Part II. Courts
12. Preface 157
13. Five. Public Health, the State, and Religious Scholarship 163
14. Six. The Dancing Despot 186
15. Seven. Liberal Constitutionalism and the Sovereign Pardon 208
16. Eight. The Vanishing Slaves of Paris 230
17. Nine. Re-touching the Sovereign 246
18. Part III. Acts
19. Preface 275
20. Ten. Hijra and Exile 279
21. Eleven. The Neurology of Rigicide 303
22. Twelve. The “Millennium” of 1857 322
23. Thirteen. Exit the King? 340
24. Part IV. Shifts
25. Preface 365
26. Fourteen. Revolution in Permanence and the Fall of Popular Sovereignty 371
27. Fifteen. Exile Within Sovereignty 393
28. Sixteen. Affective Sovereignty, International Law, and China’s Legal Status in the Nineteenth Century 421
29. Seventeen. The Sovereignty of the New Man After Wagner 440
30. List of Contributors 469
31. Index 473