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Author Kis, Janos

Title Constitutional Democracy
Published New York : Central European University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (340 pages)
Contents Table of Contents; Introduction; THE COMMON GOODAND CIVIC VIRTUE; 1. Liberalism and republicanism; 2. The preference-aggregating model; 3. The ethical model: the responsible voter; 4. The ethical model: the relation between private and communal preferences; 5. The ethical model: public debate and voting; 6. On the relation of the two models; 7. Liberalism and the descriptive claims of the ethical model; 8. Virtue in politics; 9. The politics of virtue and personal autonomy; 10. Concluding remarks; AGAINST THE COMPROMISE THESIS; 1. Introduction; 2. The conflict
3. Constitutional constraints, constitutional review4. Political equality and rule by the majority; 5. Equality of votes and equality of voters; 6. Contractarian theory: the selection of voting rules; 7. A weakness of contractarian theory; 8. The typology of preferences; 9. Filtering the preferences of the contracting parties; 10. Moral discussion before the contract; 11. The mandate of the guardians of the constitution; 12. Summary and restrictions; CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; 1. Introduction; 2. Interpreting the constitution; 3. Striking down legislation
THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST HUNGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT1. The interpretive practice of the Constitutional Court; 2. Summary and a glance to the future; Index
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Subject Democracy.
Liberalism.
Constitutional courts -- Hungary
Free enterprise.
liberalism.
Free enterprise
Constitutional courts
Democracy
Liberalism
Hungary
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789639241329
9639241326