Progetto di costituzione della Repubblica napoletana presentato al Governo provvisorio dal Comitato di legislazione (1799)

Francesco Mario Pagano offered a significant contribution to the European constitutional culture with the Neapolitan constitution of 1799; when this was published, it was with an accompanying adress by Pagano explaining the respects in which the proposed declatarion of rights and duties of men and the constitution differed from that of the French republic. This critical edition is accompanied by a rich array of explanatory annotations and appendices