Constitution of Risk

Informationen zum Autor Adrian Vermeule is John H. Watson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is the author or co-author of seven previous books, most recently The System of the Constitution (2011). He was formerly Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012. Klappentext The Constitution of Risk is the first book to combine constitutional theory with the theory of risk regulation. Zusammenfassung The Constitution of Risk is the first book to combine constitutional theory with the theory of risk regulation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Theory: 1. Precautionary constitutionalism; 2. Optimizing constitutionalism: the mature position; Part II. Applications: 3. Checks and balances in the extended republic: the framers' self-defeating precautions; 4. The risks of impartiality: on judging in one's own cause; 5. The risks of deliberation: second opinions; 6. The risks of expertise: political administration and expert groupthink.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Vermeule, Adrian (Harvard Law School Vermeule, Vermeule Adrian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107043725
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04372-5
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Law, LAW / Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues, Constitutional & administrative law