| Description |
xix, 528 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The international library of essays in law & legal theory |
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International library of essays in law & legal theory
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| Contents |
Part I: What is 'Constitutionalism'? 1. Constitutionalism: a preliminary discussion / Giovanni Sartori -- 2. What belongs in a Constitution? / Ruth Gavison -- 3. Agreements with hell and other objects of our faith / J. M. Balkin -- 4. Constitutional democracy: a paradoxical union of contradictory principles? / Jürgen Habermas -- 5. Constitutional political economy: the political philosophy of homo economicus? / Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin. Part II: Constitutionalism and Direct Democracy. 6. Let the voters decide? An assessment of the initiative and referendum process / David B. Magleby -- 7. Putting civil rights to a popular vote / Barbara S. Gamble -- 8. Public opinion and direct democracy / Russell J. Dalton -- 9. A populist critique of direct democracy. Part III: 'Vertical' and 'Horizontal' Constitutionalism. 10. Value pluralism and the constitution: in defense of the state action doctrine / Maimon Schwarzschild -- 11. Rethinking state action / Erwin Chemerinsky -- 12. Art and money: constitutional rights in the private sphere? / Christoph Beat Graber and Günther Teubner -- 13. The issue of state action / horizontal effect in comparative constitutional law / Mark Tushnet. Part IV: Constitutionalism Beyond Nation-States. 14. The idea of constitutional pluralism / Neil Walker -- 15. Denationalization and the very idea of democratic constitutionalism: the case of the European Community / Oliver Gerstenberg -- 16. For a European constitutional patriotism / Justice Lacroix. Part V: Transitional Constitutionalism. 17. Post-communist constitutionalism: a transitional perspective / Ruti Teitel -- 18. Preferred generations: a paradox of restoration constitutions / András Sájo -- 19. Constitution-making, identity-building, and peaceful transition to democracy: theoretical reflections inspired by the Spanish example / Michel Rosenfeld |
| Summary |
A collection of nineteen articles by leading scholars on theoretical and comparative problems of constitutionalism. These articles offer divergent responses to the question 'What are the criteria and requirements of a 'true' constitutional state?'. Editor from University of Sydney, NSW and European University Institute |
| Analysis |
Constitutional law (Australia) |
| Notes |
Second series |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Constitutional law -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Sadurski, Wojciech, 1950-
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| LC no. |
2004054814 |
| ISBN |
0754623637 alkaline paper |
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