Continuity as a characteristic of revolutions: an essay in comparative history

This is an essay on comparative constitutional history and comparative revolution. In it, I will consider the development of the rule of law as a phase of state building, paying particular attention to representative institutions. I will compare the constitutional histories of England, France, Russia, Germany and the United States from their origins to the point in each nation's history which I consider the end of that country's revolution. It is my thesis that all revolutions are about law and constitutional arrangements, and that continuity is a characteristic of the political and constitutional arrangements which exist before and after revolutions.