Judicial Power, Democracy and Legal Positivism

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Tom D. Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy

Summary

In this book, a distinguished International group of legal theorists re-examine legal positivism as a prescriptive political theory and consider its implications for the constitutionally defined roles of legislatures and courts. The issues are illustrated with recent developments in Australian constitutional law.

Product details

• Assisted by: Tom D. Campbell (Editor), Jeffrey Goldsworthy (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2000
• EAN: 9780754620617
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-2061-7
• No. of pages: 452
• Weight: 1000 g
• Series: Applied Legal Philosophy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Australia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, Political structures: democracy, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Political structures / systems: democracy