Language of Liberal Constitutionalism

Informationen zum Autor Howard Schweber is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of The Creation of American Common Law, 1850–1880 and Speech, Conduct, and the First Amendment, as well as book chapters and articles in journals such as Law and History Review, Law and Society Review and Studies in American Political Development.This book explores two basic questions regarding constitutional theory. Firstly, how is the creation of a legitimate constitutional regime possible? Second, what must be true about a constitution if the regime that it supports is to retain its claim to legitimacy? Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The search for sovereignty: law, language, and the beginning of modern constitutionalism; 2. Consent how?: challenges to Lockean constitutionalism; 3. Constitutional language and the possibility of binding commitments; 4. Consent to what? Exclusivity and completeness in constitutional and legal language; 5. The question of substance: morality, law, and constitutional legitimacy; 6. Conclusion: the defense of constitutional language.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Schweber, Howard (University of Wisconsin Schweber
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521108331
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10833-1
• No. of pages: 396
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education