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A republican tradition has become a very significant area of analysis for the last decades, mainly in English speaking science. A special tribute should be paid in this respect to the works of such writers – to mention only the first and most known of them – as John G.A. Pocock, Quentin Skinner or – in America – Bernard Bailyn. One of the most important conclusion one can draw from the like researches is that constitutional heritage of the “Atlantic” civilization, usually considered a modern one, is much more enrooted in older republican or civic traditions, which had been developing since the Renaissance...