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Author Kim, Sungmoon, author

Title Confucian constitutionalism : dignity, rights, and democracy / Sungmoon Kim
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 282 pages)
Contents Introduction: A short history of Confucian constitutionalism -- Virtue, dignity, and constitutional democracy -- Beyond the pluralism dilemma -- Disagreement and public reason -- The meritocratic house and the dignity of legislation -- The rule of law and the place of rights -- Judicial review and constitutional dialogue
Summary In Confucian Constitutionalism, Sungmoon Kim presents a constitutional theory of democratic self-government that is normatively appealing and politically practicable in East Asia's historically Confucian societies, which are increasingly pluralist, multicultural, and rights sensitive. While Confucian political theorists are preoccupied with how to build a Confucianism-inspired institution that would make a given polity more meritorious, Kim offers a robust normative theory of Confucian constitutionalism--what he calls "Confucian democratic constitutionalism" --with special attention to value
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 22, 2023)
Subject Confucianism -- Political aspects
Constitutional law -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism.
Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism.
Constitutional law -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism
Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism
Politics and government
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Subject China
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023006061
ISBN 9780197630648
0197630642
0197630634
9780197630624
0197630626
9780197630631