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Cambridge University Press Constitutionalism
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Cambridge University Press The Federalist
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Cambridge University Press Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England
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Cambridge University Press The Rehnquist Legacy
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Cambridge University Press Judicial Reasoning Under the UK Human Rights Act
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Cambridge University Press Posthumous Interests Legal and Ethical Perspectives Cambridge Law Medicine and Ethics Series Number 7
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Cambridge University Press The Constitution as Treaty
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Cambridge University Press Parliamentary Sovereignty Contemporary Debates Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law Series Number 1
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Cambridge University Press The Classical Foundations of the American Constitution
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Cambridge University Press Expounding the Constitution
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Cambridge University Press Judging the State Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan 59 Cambridge South Asian Studies Series Number 59
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Cambridge University Press Constituting Equality
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Cambridge University Press The Role of Lawyers in Access to Justice
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Cambridge University Press Judicial Review of Administrative Action Across the Common Law World
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Cambridge University Press AlterNative Constitutionalism
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Cambridge University Press Monitoring American Federalism
Book SynopsisMonitoring American Federalism examines some of the nation''s most significant controversies in which state legislatures have attempted to be active partners in the process of constitutional decision-making. Christian G. Fritz looks at interposition, which is the practice of states opposing federal government decisions that were deemed unconstitutional. Interposition became a much-used constitutional tool to monitor the federal government and organize resistance, beginning with the Constitution''s ratification and continuing through the present affecting issues including gun control, immigration and health care. Though the use of interposition was largely abandoned because of its association with nullification and the Civil War, recent interest reminds us that the federal government cannot run roughshod over states, and that states lack any legitimate power to nullify federal laws. Insightful and comprehensive, this appraisal of interposition breaks new ground in American political and constitutional history, and can help us preserve our constitutional system and democracy.Trade Review'Fritz's meticulously researched and timely book reframes our understanding of interposition and shows that it was distinct in important ways from nullification. This book fills a gap in our knowledge of the states' role in early national federalism, placing the founders' ideas in context and showing how those ideas were reshaped in the early nineteenth century.' Alison L. LaCroix, University of Chicago, author of The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms'Christian Fritz is one of the most illuminating students of American constitutional development. His latest book, on the theory and practice of state interposition, casts dazzling new light on the complexities of unified constitutional meaning in a fractious federal system.' Sanford Levinson, University of Texas, author of Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance'With perfect timing, Fritz's book on the history of state legislative resistance hits the market, just as debate about the theory of the independent state legislature heats up, and the Supreme Court considers it. Reading Fritz's fascinating examination of state legislative actions should fill the need for accurate history absent from the debate thus far.' Maeva Marcus, Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University'In this deftly argued book, Christian Fritz traces the complex ways in which the American states attempted to 'interpose' their authority to challenge federal acts. He explains what the idea of interposition meant to its main author, James Madison, but also why Madison's concept proved so ambiguous and controversial to its interpreters.' Jack Rakove, Stanford University, author of Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution'… the book succeeds in recovering the history of interposition and documenting its status as one of state governments' key weapons in their skirmishes with the federal government in the early decades of the republic. Fritz's prose is crisp and clear, and his voluminous references appear as endnotes in a way that does not slow the reader down but document his insights thoroughly. Readers will learn a tremendous amount about interposition in particular as well as about American political development as it relates to federalism. It should therefore be of interest to both scholars with specific interests in interposition and the early American republic as well as those with a more general interest in how American federalism works.' John D. Nugent, Publius'… an excellent primer on how constitutional meaning developed as the country gained experience with its new constitution…' John D. Nugent, The Journal of Federalism'Monitoring American Federalism is a rich source that likely will become an essential text about the distribution and exercise of constitutional powers for scholars and educators who are experts in the subject matter. Yet it also is accessible to a broader audience of readers, including those who wish to be better informed while navigating real contemporary questions about balancing federal and state power. … a must-read.' Nicholas Allard, The Journal of Things We Like'Professor Fritz has done a great service in unearthing the history of original interposition theory and exploring the divergent interpretations and uses that developed over the decades … Equally his book nicely shows some of the ways that Americans have reshaped the nation's constitutional law and theory as they sought to manipulate and exploit the indeterminate, built-in tensions in the Constitution's federal structure. Students of American federalism will find this excellent book a treasure-trove of information, insight, and scholarly inspiration.' Edward A. Purcell, Jr, Balkin.com'Fritz's prodigiously researched book engages in the vital work of teasing apart meaning from myth, interpretation from invocation. The project is more imperative than ever, given the current urgency for constitutional history to distinguish among meaning, interpretation, continuity, and change.' Alison L. LaCroix, Balkin.com'Christian Fritz's new book offers a rich exploration of state opposition to perceived unconstitutional acts by the federal government since the Founding. Fritz recovers a tradition of state interposition distinct from the more familiar, and more abhorred, phenomenon of nullification…Monitoring American Federalism can help us make sense of contemporary state resistance to the federal government as well as its lineage.' Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Balkin.com'Monitoring American Federalism … casts tremendous new light on the actualities of the American federal system … Quite literally, every scholar of American constitutional development will have to contend with this book at pains of being deemed illiterate … As a history of ideas - and of political actions - the book is … a stunning contribution… Fritz casts immense light on important aspects of the historical American constitutional order and how we should think about it even today.' Sandford Levinson, Balkin.comTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The riddle of federalism and the genesis of interposition; 2. Early state use of interposition: testing the powers of the new national government; 3. State interposition and debates over the meaning of the Constitution; 4. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and Madison's report of 1800; 5. State interposition during the Jefferson and Madison presidencies; 6. State challenges to the Supreme Court's control over constitutional interpretation; 7. The transformation of interposition: the theory of nullification emerges; 8. State interposition and nullification on the path to secession; 9. State interposition during and after the Civil War; 10. Modern interposition by states and 'nullification'; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Australian Constitutional Law
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Cambridge University Press Hate Speech Frontiers
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Cambridge University Press Labour Justice
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Cambridge University Press Central Banking and Sustainability
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of the Governance of Technology
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Cambridge University Press People v. The Court
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Cambridge University Press Magna Carta and its Modern Legacy Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Book SynopsisMagna Carta is celebrated around the world as a symbol of limited government and constitutionalism. But in 1215 Magna Carta was a failure, abrogated within months. Why then do we celebrate this piece of parchment? To mark the 800th anniversary this book brings together top scholars from the UK, US and Australia to answer this question and analyse Magna Carta's historic and contemporary influence. Using a political science framework, Magna Carta and its Modern Legacy draws from scholarship on influence and constitutional design to explain how parchment can contain executive power. Individual chapters on Britain discuss such topics as socioeconomic rights in Magna Carta; Magna Carta and the British constitution; and public understanding of the charter. Internationally focused chapters look at Magna Carta and jury trial in America, slavery in the Caribbean, court delays in the Pacific, the proportionality principle, and judicial supremacy.Trade Review'This is a worthy contribution to the study of Magna Carta at the dawn of the twenty-first century. It presents the reader with novel insights into the Great Charter's history and highlights talking points in the broader conversation about its place in the constitutional thought of the future. Its critical tone may help inoculate students against the mythology of Runnymede. But the collection also makes clear that, however mixed its legacy, and however modest its 'actual, direct' influence, Magna Carta will continue to structure debate around the most pressing questions of public power and individual liberty.' J. G. Allen, The Cambridge Law JournalTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Magna Carta… Holy Grail? James Melton and Robert Hazell; Part I. Influence in the UK: 2. Magna Carta, the rule of law and the reform of the Constitution Vernon Bogdanor; 3. Eight centuries on: who are Britain's barons now? Anthony King; 4. What Magna Carta means to the modern British public Roger Mortimore; Part II. Influence around the World: 5. The troublesome inheritance of Americans in Magna Carta and trial by jury Renée Lettow Lerner; 6. Magna Carta, the 'sugar colonies' and 'fantasies of empire' Derek O'Brien; 7. Magna Carta frustrated? Institutional delay in the Pacific Island states of the Commonwealth David Clark; Part III. Twenty-First-Century Reflections on Magna Carta: 8. Magna Carta and modern myth-making: proportionality in the 'cruel and unusual punishments' clause Craig S. Lerner; 9. Judicial supremacy: explaining false starts and surprising successes Victor Menaldo and Nora Webb Williams; 10. More magna than the Magna Carta: Magna Carta's sister – the Charter of the Forest Geraldine Van Bueren; 11. Michael Oakeshott, the legendary past and Magna Carta Nathalie Riendeau; Appendix: English translation of Magna Carta (1215).
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Cambridge University Press The Invisible Constitution in Comparative
Book SynopsisConstitutions worldwide inevitably have 'invisible' features: they have silences and lacunae, unwritten or conventional underpinnings, and social and political dimensions not apparent to certain observers. The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective helps us understand these dimensions to contemporary constitutions, and their role in the interpretation, legitimacy and stability of different constitutional systems. This volume provides a nuanced theoretical discussion of the idea of 'invisibility' in a constitutional context, and its relationship to more traditional understandings of written versus unwritten constitutionalism. Containing a rich array of case studies, including discussions of constitutional practice in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Indonesia, Ireland and Malaysia, this book will look at how this aspect of 'invisible constitutions' is manifested across different jurisdictions.Trade Review'The invisible constitution, the small-c constitution, extraconstitutional rules, conventions and norms - these and similar ideas occupy a large space in contemporary thinking about constitutions. The essays in this collection wrestle with these protean concepts, using tools from legal theory, political science, and sociology. The concepts may remain elusive after one reads the essays, but the reader will undoubtedly have a better and more sophisticated grasp on their possible meaning.' Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts'Dixon and Stone have assembled a world-class group to investigate a subject of deep importance to all scholars of public law. Unseen but neither unknown nor uncontested, the invisible constitution raises serious challenges for constitutional design, constitutional interpretation and constitutional change. This volume addresses each of these and more, and does so with rich comparative perspectives that leave the reader asking foundational questions about the nature of higher law, the limits of codification, and the necessary and sufficient conditions for constitutionalism - the mark of an outstanding study in public law.' Richard Albert, University of Texas, AustinTable of ContentsIntroduction: the invisible constitution in comparative perspective Rosalind Dixon and Adrienne Stone; 1. Soundings and silences Laurence H. Tribe; 2. The Indonesian constitutional court: implying rights from the 'rule of law' Simon Butt; 3. The evolution of natural law in Ireland Eoin Carolan; 4. Behind the text of the basic law: some constitutional fundamentals Johannes M. M. Chan; 5. The constitutional orders of 'One Country, Two Systems': a comparative study of the visible and invisible bases of constitutional review and proportionality analysis in the Chinese special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau Albert H. Y. Chen and P. Y. Lo; 6. Constitutional implications in Australia: explaining the structure-rights dualism Rosalind Dixon and Gabrielle Appleby; 7. The implicit and the implied in a written constitution Jeffrey Goldsworthy; 8. Interim constitutions and the invisible constitution Caitlin Goss; 9. Germany's German constitution Russell A. Miller; 10. The platonic conception of the Israeli constitution Iddo Porat; 11. Unwritten constitutional principles in Canada: genuine or strategic? David Schneiderman; 12. Originalism and the invisible constitution Lawrence B. Solum; 13. Malaysia's invisible constitution Yvonne Tew; 14. Lost in transition: invisible constitutionalism in Hungary Gábor Attila Tóth; 15. The centrality and diversity of the invisible constitution Patrick Emerton; 16. Is the invisible constitution really invisible? Jongcheol Kim; 17. 'Additive judgments': a way to make the invisible content of the Italian constitution visible Irene Spigno; 18. The 'invisible constitution' seen realistically: visualising China's unitary system Zhai Han.
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Cambridge University Press A Debt Against the Living
Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to and defense of originalism and the Founding intended for a more general audience. No similar book exists. It is aimed at law students, advanced college students, policymakers, and the politically interested reader seeking a general introduction to originalism and its implications for today.Trade Review'Ilan Wurman's fine book explores a classic question about constitutions, especially written constitutions, and most especially ours: Why should people in later generations feel bound by rules put in place by people in earlier generations? Wurman has provided a careful, detailed, and properly nuanced argument for James Madison's suggestion that the constitutional order gives rise to a kind of 'debt' that the living have to the dead - an argument that illuminates many current questions in constitutional law.' Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University, New Jersey'This is a wonderful book, and a major contribution to the academic and popular discourses on originalism.' Randy E. Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory and Director, Center for the Constitution, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC and author of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People'Ilan Wurman's book is more than an excellent introduction to constitutional originalism. It is also an argument for the importance of an enduring constitution - a work of popular sovereignty that protects rights, enables democracy, and bestows its benefits on future generations.' Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School, and author of Living Originalism'The confirmation hearing of Justice Neil Gorsuch brought the debate over an originalist approach to constitutional interpretation before the public like never before. Ilan Wurman's timely book provides the lay reader with a clear and lucid explanation of what originalism means, and a thoughtful and inspiring defense of why the Constitution remains worthy of our allegiance today.' Ralph A. Rossum, Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism, Claremont McKenna College, California, and author of Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence and Understanding Clarence Thomas'Originalism is one of the most important theories of constitutional interpretation, and yet it is often misunderstood. Ilan Wurman's explanation and defense of originalism is therefore important and timely. It is also sophisticated, accessible, and fun to read. This book should be given to every law student.' William Baude, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School'If a written constitution is to constitute - if it is to give a durable, predictable form to government institutions and procedures - it must be consistently construed with fidelity to its words. Ilan Wurman's argument, as trenchant as it is timely, demonstrates that such originalism is, although demanding, indispensable.' George F. Will, Newspaper columnist and political commentator'Constitutional theory matters. We disagree about what our constitutional rights and powers are in large measure because we disagree about general and abstract questions of constitutional interpretation. In clear and accessible prose, Ilan Wurman defends an originalist approach to constitutional interpretation on the arresting ground that only by enforcing the written Constitution as it was originally understood by those who wrote and ratified it can living Americans discharge a debt that we owe to the Founding. Wurman's book is a lucid introduction to theoretical debates of great practical importance.' Mitchell Berman, Leon Meltzer Professor of Law, and Professor of Philosophy, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsForward; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Preliminaries and Language: 1. The origins of originalism; 2. The meaning of meaning; Part II. The Original Constitution: 3. Constitutional legitimacy; 4. The founders on founding; 5. Interpreting the constitution; Part III. Objections and Recapitulation: 6. Lawyers as historians; 7. Brown v. board and originalism; 8. A coda on nonoriginalisms; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution
Book SynopsisThis book argues that conflicts over slavery and abolition in the early American Republic generated a mode of constitutional interpretation that remains powerful today: the belief that the historical spirit of founding holds authority over the current moment. Simon J. Gilhooley traces how debates around the existence of slavery in the District of Columbia gave rise to the articulation of this constitutional interpretation, which constrained the radical potential of the constitutional text. To reconstruct the origins of this interpretation, Gilhooley draws on rich sources that include historical newspapers, pamphlets, and congressional debates. Examining free black activism in the North, Abolitionism in the 1830s, and the evolution of pro-slavery thought, this book shows how in navigating the existence of slavery in the District and the fundamental constitutional issue of the enslaved''s personhood, Antebellum opponents of abolition came to promote an enduring but constraining constitutTrade Review'Gilhooley gives us a new and profoundly original account of the roots, during the era of slavery, of today's battles over constitutional interpretation. In the process, he reconceives the political legacy of the 1820s and 1830s, scrambles our contemporary assumptions about the ideological meaning of the different theories of the Constitution, and thoroughly dissects the American worship of the founders. This is a terrific book and one to be returned to again and again.' Aziz Rana, Cornell University'This book is convincing and profound: a real tour de force. Gilhooley is immensely clarifying on points of history, political theory, and legal/constitutional development precisely because he integrates them. His argument that originalism emerged as a response to the exigencies of antebellum debates will be a touchstone for a very long time.' David Waldstreicher, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Constitutional Imaginaries of the Missouri Crisis; 2. The Declaration of Independence and Black Citizenship in the 1820s; 3. Abolitionism and the Constitution in the 1830s; 4. The Slaveholding South and the Constitutionalization of Slavery; 5. Theories of the Federal Compact in the 1830s; 6. Slavery, The District of Columbia, and the Constitution; 7. The Congressional Crisis of 1836; 8: The Compact and the Election of 1836; 9. The Afterlife of the Compact of 1836; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Americas Voucher Politics
Book SynopsisWhat explains the explosive growth of school vouchers in the last two decades? In America''s Voucher Politics, Ursula Hackett shows that the voucher movement is rooted in America''s foundational struggles over religion, race, and the role of government versus the private sector. Drawing upon original datasets, archival materials, and more than one hundred interviews, Hackett shows that policymakers and political advocates use strategic policy design and rhetoric to hide the role of the state when their policy goals become legally controversial. For over sixty years of voucher litigation, white supremacists, accommodationists, and individualists have deployed this strategy of attenuated governance in court. By learning from previous mistakes and anticipating downstream effects, policymakers can avoid painful defeats, gain a secure legal footing, and entrench their policy commitments despite the surging power of rivals. An ideal case study, education policy reflects multiple axes of conflict in American politics and demonstrates how policy learning unfolds over time.Trade Review'This theoretically rich, empirically compelling analysis shows how conservatives have used devilishly clever, evolving policy designs and obfuscating rhetorical strategies to achieve their goal of limiting the role of government and breaking unions. A seminal contribution to American political development, public policy, public law, and education policy which I read with awe.' Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'America's Voucher Politics answers one of the most interesting policy puzzles of our time: how did school vouchers go from the fringes to the mainstream? As important as that question is, however, this book is about more than education policy. In telling the tale of school vouchers, Hackett illuminates policy-making more broadly, by shining a light on the many ways that policymakers make it hard for voters to see what government is doing. And, she does it effectively, as the book is a case study in how to write about public policy. The argument is compelling, the evidence convincing, and the prose engaging.' David Campbell, University of Notre Dame'Hackett's brilliant and timely analysis transforms the way we understand state policy and politics. Weaving together racial, religious, and civic foundational orders in US history, policy design, legal cases, and political rhetoric, the book reveals the complex, long-term strategies that political elites use to obfuscate public policy goals when they face public opposition or potential legal challenge. The result is a set of state policies that are not merely hidden, but constitute a form of doubly distanced attenuated governance. It is hard to imagine that state politics and policy research will ever be the same.' Lisa L. Miller, Rutgers University'… Hackett's book provides a roadmap for how to structure and carry out this type of work and encourages those of us who study the hidden welfare state to think more deeply about what it means that the state is hidden and why.' Chloe N. Thurston, American Politics'For readers well informed about the history of voucher politics in US education, this volume will add additional layers of analysis and understanding. Those new to the debate will find this book offers a meaningful, in-depth overview along with well-reasoned arguments about how and why the present situation has come to be and ways to adjust the system … Highly recommended.' W. Miller, Choice'America's Voucher Politics: How Elites Learned to Hide the State is an extraordinary study offering research based and insightful analysis of the history and contemporary employment of school vouchers and their selective education purposes, as well as their political implications … highly recommended as a unique and critically important contribution to our on-going national discussion of school vouchers.' The Midwest Book Review; Library BookwatchTable of ContentsIntroduction. Subtle forms of circumvention; 1. America's foundational identity struggles; 2. Two dimensions of attenuated governance; 3. The racial struggle: segregation grants in the Brown era; 4. The religious struggle: vouchers and the church-state question; 5. The public-private struggle: union opposition and the educational establishment; 6. Tax credit scholarships in an era of Republican dominance; 7. Education savings accounts and controversies beyond; Conclusion. Attenuated governance and the state.
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Cambridge University Press Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes
Book SynopsisGrowing public discontent with the performance and quality of many contemporary democracies makes them vulnerable to popular pressures to profoundly transform or replace their constitutions. However, there is little systematic academic discussion on the legal and political challenges that these events pose to democratic principles and practices. This book, a collaborative effort by legal scholars and political scientists, analyzes these challenges from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. It fills a theoretical vacuum by examining the possibility that constitutions might be replaced within a democratic regime, while exploring the conditions under which these processes are more compatible or less compatible with democratic principles. It also calls attention to the real-world political importance of the phenomenon, because recent episodes of constitutional redrafting in countries including Kenya, Poland, Venezuela and Hungary suggest that some aspects of these processes may be associated with either the improvement or the gradual erosion of democracy.Trade Review'This book is an excellent collection on the processes of constitutional creation in democratic regimes. Combining detailed empirical studies with theoretical approaches to challenging texts, this valuable work will undoubtedly enrich the field of comparative constitutionalism. A must-read for legal and political theorists interested in the topic.' Roberto Gargarella, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, School of Law'Gabriel Negretto and his distinguished collaborators have produced a collection of incisive theoretical essays and carefully selected case studies. The result is a truly impressive volume on the conditions in which democratic outcomes emerge from constitutional processes.' Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University, and author of Constitutional Change and Democracy in Indonesia'By combining thoughtful theoretical discussion with comprehensive comparative investigation, this outstanding collection of essays offers an exceptional perspective on some of the most intriguing and timely questions in the growing field of comparative constitution making today: when, how, and why democratic constitutions are replaced, and what the consequences might be of such constitutional replacement for the stability and functioning of democracy. The book is essential reading for students and scholars in political science and comparative law, as well as for practitioners in fields of democracy and rule-of-law promotion.' Hanna Lerner, School of Political Science, Government, and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University'Constitutions are often written as though they are perpetual, but they seldom prove to be. Indeed, calls for constitutional replacement appear to be increasingly common - and not just when an old political order collapses but even within ongoing democratic regimes. How do democracies renew their constitutions and what are the effects on liberal democracy going forward? Gabriel Negretto, Latin America's foremost expert on constitutional design and reform, has assembled a team of legal and political experts and delivers a framework for understanding how democratic charters can adapt and thrive, as well as how constitutional change can foster democratic erosion.' John M. Carey, Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College'… this book will be an important reference in relevant fields for years to come. It is a must-read for anyone interested in constitutional redrafting and general institutional reform.- not only scholars and post-graduate students, but also policy makers, advisors, and anyone with a need for a good compendium of theoretical and comparative reflections in the topic. The contributions in Negretto's excellently edited volume couldn't be timelier: this is a terrific book to have on hand to read during these times of change.' Raul A. Sanchez-Urribarri, Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: new constitutions in democratic regimes Gabriel L. Negretto; Part I. Conceptual, Normative, and Empirical Issues: 2. Constitution making through law Joel Colón-Ríos; 3. Expanding revision clauses in democratic constitutions William Partlett; 4. Courts and constitution making in democratic regimes: a contextual approach David Landau; 5. Replacing constitutions in democratic regimes: elite cooperation and citizen participation Gabriel L. Negretto; Part II. Case Studies: 6. The difference power diffusion makes: explaining divergent outcomes in Colombia (1990–1991) and Venezuela (1998–1999) Ana María Bejarano and Renata Segura; 7. Procedural rules and majoritarian politics in Poland (1993–1997) and Hungary (2010–2011) Gabriel L. Negretto and Solongo Wandan; 8. Thailand's democratic moment: the 1997 constitution Tom Ginsburg; 9. Political elites and the people: Kenya's decade-long constitution-making process Christina Murray; 10. The anatomy of constitution making: from Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017 Thorvaldur Gylfason.
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Cambridge University Press Courting Constitutionalism
Book SynopsisThis book is of immense relevance to anyone interested in the history of public law, constitutional politics, legal system and state structure in Pakistan. It is also of significant interest to the scholars of the judicial power, comparative constitutional law, constitutionalism in Asia and comparative administrative law.
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Cambridge University Press Properties of Law
Book SynopsisThe book is a study of legal theory, written in a style which makes it accessible to both academics and the general reader. The book offers a view of modern law alternative to prevalent legal positivism, dominated by the towering figures of Hans Kelsen and H. L. A. Hart.Table of ContentsPart I. Sociality: 1. Return of the repressed; 2. Social practices; 3. Socio-legal practices; 4. Specialized legal practices; 5. Legal discourse; Part II. Normativity: 6. Specificities of legal normativity; 7. Layers of law; 8. Orders of law; 9. Morality of law; 10. Constitution; Part III. Plurality: 11. The black-box view; 12. Non-state law; 13. From simple diversity to interlegality and pluralism; 14. Unity under post-national plurality; Epilogue: Incertitude.
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