The Nexus of Governmental Integrity and the Survivability of American Constitutional Democracy

by George J. Gatgounis

Publisher:

George J. Gatgounis

, 2014

Overview

What makes a government survive? Why do some governments survive while others are overturned by their own people? In The Necessity of Governmental Integrity and Survivability of American Constitutional Democracy, George Gatgounis argues that a constitution—a piece of paper—does not make a nation into a democracy. Democracies exist because the prevailing cultural and social values prompt the people to want a democracy. Gatgounis argues that governments last as long as people want them to. When governments have integrity, they have credibility. When they have credibility, they have legitimacy. When they have legitimacy, they have survivability.

Product Details

• Title: The Nexus of Governmental Integrity and the Survivability of American Constitutional Democracy
• Author: George J. Gatgounis
• Publisher: George J. Gatgounis
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religion and law
• Resource ID: LLS:RELIGIONLAW04
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:23:50Z

About George J. Gatgounis

George J. Gatgounis, a Harvard alumnus, is a published author, trial attorney, ordained minister, and seminary professor. A member of the Harvard Faculty Club, he formerly served as one of the editors of the Harvard Civil Rights Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. As an active Harvard alumnus, he serves as the moderator of the Harvard Reading Club of Charleston, South Carolina. He serves at Cummins Seminary as professor of Hebrew Bible, and professor of Greek Septuagint (LXX), Greek New Testament, and Greek Classics. He is also a South Carolina Supreme Court-certified civil court mediator, family court mediator, and civil arbitrator.