Overview
- Defines an ideal-type for the equilibrium and the cooperation of powers, with the aim of legitimizing the discourse about rights
- Discusses the solutions and strategies adopted by several jurisdictions
- Examines the practical implications of institutional designs and decision process for constitutional courts
Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 113)
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Keywords
- Common Law Constitutionalism
- Constitutional juries
- Democratic Legitimacy
- European Convention on Human Rights
- Future of Constitutionalism
- Government of the Majority
- International Human Rights Conventions
- Judicial Review in Constitutional Democracies
- Judicial reference to community values
- Legitimacy Presuppositions
- Political Constitutionalism
- Radical Constitution
- Written Constitution
Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Challenging and Defending Judicial Review
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Constitutional Dialogues and Constitutional Deliberation
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Institutional Alternatives for Constitutional Changes
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Constitutional Promises and Democratic Participation
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Legal Theory and Constitutional Interpretation
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democratizing Constitutional Law
Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Legal Theory and the Legitimacy of Constitutionalism
Editors: Thomas Bustamante, Bernardo Gonçalves Fernandes
Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28371-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28369-2Published: 29 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80337-1Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28371-5Published: 19 April 2016
Series ISSN: 1572-4395
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 328
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Constitutional Law, Philosophy of Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law