Constitutionalism and democracy
The eleven essays in this volume, supplemented by an editorial introduction, centre around three overlapping problems. First, why would a society want to limit its own sovereign power by imposing constitutional constraints on democratic decision-making? Second, what are the contributions of democrac...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1988
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| Series: | Studies in rationality and social change
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Table of Contents:
- Gag rules or the politics of omission / Stephen Holmes
- Democracy as a contigent outcome of conflicts / Adam Przeworski
- Consequences of constitutional choice / Jon Elster
- Liberal constitutionalism and its critics / Rune Slagstad
- Democracy and the rule of law / Francis Sejersted
- Neo-federalism? / Bruce A. Ackerman
- Precommitment and the paradox of democracy / Stephen Holmes
- American constitutionalism and the paradox of private property / Jennifer Nedelsky
- From liberal constitutionalism to corporate pluralism / Francis Sejersted
- Arguments for constitutional choice / Jon Elster
- Constitutions and democracies / Cass R. Sunstein