Against Constitutionalism Professor Martin Loughlin Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Philosophy

A New Statesman Book Of The Yeara Critical Analysis Transformation Constitutionalism From An Increasingly Irrelevant Theory Limited Government Into Most Influential Philosophy Governance In World Today Is Universally Commended Because It Has Never Been Precisely Defined Martin Loughlin Argues That Not Some Vague Amalgam Liberal Aspirations But Specific And Deeply Contentious Governing Enlightenment Idea Nineteenth Century Became America’s Unique Contribution To Was By Mid-Twentieth Widely Regarded As Anachronism Advocating Separated Powers Singularly Unsuited Political Challenges Times Since Undergone Remarkable Giving Constitution Unprecedented Role Society Once Treated Practical Instrument Regulate Raised Status Civil Religion Symbolic Representation Collective Unity Against Explains Why This Happened Its Far-Reaching Consequences Spearheaded “Rights Revolution” Subjects Governmental Action Comprehensive Review Through Abstract Principles Judges Acquire Greatly Enhanced Power Oracles Regime’s “Invisible ” Refashioned Maintaining Authority Rests On Will Adherence Standards “Public Reason Across Variable Practices Constitutional Have Reshaped Precepts Now Propagates Widespread Belief Social Progress Advanced Politics Electoral Majorities Legislative Innovative Judicial Interpretation Rise Commonly Conflated With Democracy Actually Contributes Degradation Σελίδες: 240 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0517 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm