Philosophical foundations of constitutional law /
Constitutional law has been and remains an area of intense philosophical interest, and yet the debate has taken place in a variety of different fields with very little to connect them. In a collection of essays bringing together scholars from several constitutional systems and disciplines, Philosoph...
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| Format: | Online Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Philosophical foundations of law
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Table of Contents:
- I. What is a constitution?
- The idea of a constitution : a plea for Staatsrechtslehre / David Dyzenhaus
- The unwritten constitution as a legal concept / Mark D. Walters
- On constitutional implications and constitutional structure / Aharon Barak
- Reflections on what constitutes "a constitution" : the importance of "constitutions of settlement" and the potential irrelevance of Herculean lawyering / Sanford Levinson
- Constitutional amendment and political constitutionalism : a philosophical and comparative reflection / Rosalind Dixon and Adrienne Stone
- II. Constitutional authority
- Constitutional legitimacy unbound / Evan Fox-Decent
- Constituent power and the constitution / Hans Lindahl
- Popular sovereignty and revolutionary constitution-making / Richard Stacey
- Constitutional reason of state / Thomas Poole
- III. Constitutional fundamentals
- The rule of law / T.R.S. Allan
- The constitutional separation of powers / Aileen Kavanagh
- The framework model and constitutional interpretation / Jack M. Balkin
- Philosophical foundations of judicial review / Cristina Lafont
- IV. Constitutional rights and their limitation
- Equality rights and stereotypes / Sophia Moreau
- Proportionality / Malcolm Thorburn