Fr. 120.00

Federal Contract - A Constitutional Theory of Federalism

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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This book rethinks the idea and practice of federalism, and considers the specific constitutional purposes that federalism serves. Using the methodology of constitutional theory, the book re-evaluates our understanding of federalism in its historical development and present incarnations.

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  • 1: The Federal Contract

  • 2: Reconceiving Federalism

  • 3: The Foundations of Federalism

  • 4: Sovereignty and the Monist Constitution

  • 5: Authority and the Federal Constitution

  • 6: The Subjects of Federalism

  • 7: The Purpose and Principles of Federalism

  • 8: Federal Constitutional Design I: Recognition and Autonomous Government

  • 9: Federal Constitutional Design II: Associational Government and Reciprocity

  • 10: Dynamics: Changing Federal Constitutions

  • 11: Federalism: A Constitutional Idea for Our Time



Info autore

Stephen Tierney is Professor of Constitutional Theory in the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK and Visiting Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow at Notre Dame Law School, USA. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and has held Senior Research Fellowships with both the British Academy and the ESRC. He serves as Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee of the UK Constitutional Law Association. He has published ten books, including two monographs with Oxford University Press: Constitutional Law and National Pluralism (2004) and Constitutional Referendums: The Theory and Practice of Republican Deliberation (2012).

Riassunto

This book rethinks the idea and practice of federalism, and considers the specific constitutional purposes that federalism serves. Using the methodology of constitutional theory, the book re-evaluates our understanding of federalism in its historical development and present incarnations.

Testo aggiuntivo

The Federal Contract presents an original and carefully constructed constitutional theory of federalism in conditions of territorial pluralism. In addition, the theory is grounded in an outstanding history of federalism. It will be of interest to scholars and students of both federalism and constitutionalism.

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