Constitutionalism : past, present, and future /
The essays included in this volume explore the conditions under which the modern constitution could emerge; they treat the characteristics that must be given if the constitution may be called an achievement, the appropriate way to understand and interpret constitutional law under current conditions,...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Oxford constitutional theory
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Table of Contents:
- The origins and transformation of the concept of the constitution
- Conditions for emergence and effectiveness of modern constitutionalism
- Basic rights in the formative era of modern society
- The concept of constitutionalism in historical perspective
- The function of constitutions and guidelines for constitutional reform
- Integration by constitution
- Fundamental rights in the interpretation of the German Constitutional Court
- Return to the traditional understanding of fundamental rights?
- Constitutions, constitutional courts, and constitutional interpretation at the interface of law and politics
- Constitutional adjudication and democracy
- The future of constitutionalism
- Can democracy by bargaining be constitutionalized?
- The role of national constitutions in a united Europe
- The democratic costs of constitutionalization : the European case
- The constitution in the process of de-nationalization
- Societal constitutionalism : compensation for the decline in the importance of the state constitution?
- Levels of the rule of law : on the possibility of exporting a Western achievement
- The achievement of constitutionalism and its prospects in a changed world