What Should Constitutions Do?

Klappentext In this collection! legal scholars! political scientists! and philosophers address questions of constitutional purpose! design! and law from many viewpoints. Zusammenfassung The essays in this volume address the basic purposes of constitutions and their status as fundamental law! deal with specific constitutional provisions! explore questions of constitutional design and examine what form of constitution best promotes personal liberty and economic prosperity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What are constitutions, and what should (and can) they do? Larry Alexander; 2. Constitution and fundamental law: the lesson of Classical Athens John David Lewis; 3. Contract, covenant, constitution Loren E. Lomasky; 4. Constitutionalism in the age of terror Michael Zuckert and Peter Valenzuela; 5. The liberal constitution and foreign affairs Fernando R. Tesón; 6. Do constitutions have a point? Reflections on 'parchment barriers' and preambles Sanford Levinson; 7. The origins of an independent judiciary in New York, 1621¿1777 Scott D. Gerber; 8. Foot voting, political ignorance, and constitutional design Ilya Somin; 9. Pluralist constitutionalism William A. Galston; 10. Deliberative democracy and constitutions James S. Fishkin; 11. The constitution of nondomination Guido Pincione; 12. Can we design an optimal constitution? Of structural ambiguity and rights clarity Richard A. Epstein.

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• Authors: Ellen Frankel Paul, Ellen Frankel Miller Paul
• Assisted by: Fred D. Miller (Editor), Fred D. Jr. Miller (Editor), Jr Miller (Editor), Fred D. Miller Jr (Editor), Ellen Frankel Paul (Editor), Jeffrey Paul (Editor), Paul Ellen Frankel (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2011
• EAN: 9780521175531
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17553-1
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Social Philosophy and Policy; Social Philosophy and Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory