Liberal Constitutionalism and its Contemporary Challenges
The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists. This volume presents relevant understandings of the common good, democracy, liberty, and law, and situates them in the context of contemporary countervailing pressures posed by issues in edu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists. This volume presents relevant understandings of the common good, democracy, liberty, and law, and situates them in the context of contemporary countervailing pressures posed by issues in education, access to medical treatment in a pandemic, and the media. Motivated to ascertain how democracy is threatened by a variety contemporary challenges, the authors examine core aspects of law, representative democracy, and constitutionalism to shed light on worrisome contemporary phenomena such as social media-driven conspiracy theories, unequal access to education and medical treatment, among other topics |
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| Physical Description: | VI, 194 p. 5 illus. in color online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783031536021 |