Constitutional culture and democratic rule / edited by John Ferejohn, Jack N. Rakove, Jonathan Riley.
2001
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Constitutional culture and democratic rule / edited by John Ferejohn, Jack N. Rakove, Jonathan Riley.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description
1 online resource (xi, 414 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Murphy Institute studies in political economy.
Formatted Contents Note
Constitutional problematics, circa 1787 / Jack N. Rakove
Inventing constitutional traditions: the poverty of fatalism / James Johnson
The birth logic of a democratic constitution / Lawrence G. Sager
Constitutional democracy as a two-stage game / Jonathan Riley
Imagining another madisonian republic / Jonathan Riley
One and three: separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary in the Italian constitution / Pasquale Pasquino
A political theory of federalism / Jenna Bednar, et al.
Designing an amendment process / Sanford Levinson
Constitutional theory transformed / Stephen M. Griffin
Constitutional economic transition / Russell Hardin
Institutionalizing constitutional interpretation / Jack Knight.
Inventing constitutional traditions: the poverty of fatalism / James Johnson
The birth logic of a democratic constitution / Lawrence G. Sager
Constitutional democracy as a two-stage game / Jonathan Riley
Imagining another madisonian republic / Jonathan Riley
One and three: separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary in the Italian constitution / Pasquale Pasquino
A political theory of federalism / Jenna Bednar, et al.
Designing an amendment process / Sanford Levinson
Constitutional theory transformed / Stephen M. Griffin
Constitutional economic transition / Russell Hardin
Institutionalizing constitutional interpretation / Jack Knight.
Summary
This volume investigates the nature of constitutional democratic government in the United States and elsewhere. The editors introduce a basic conceptual framework which the contributors clarify and develop in eleven essays organized into three separate sections. The first section deals with constitutional founding and the founders' use of cultural symbols and traditions to facilitate acceptance of a new regime. The second discusses alternative constitutional structures and their effects on political outcomes. The third focuses on processes of constitutional change and on why founders might choose to make formal amendments relatively difficult or easy to achieve. The book is distinctive because it provides comprehensive tools for analyzing and comparing different forms of constitutional democracy. These tools are discussed in ways that will be of interest to students and readers in political science, law, history and political philosophy.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511609329 ebook
9780521790222 (hardback)
9780521793704 (paperback)
9780521790222 (hardback)
9780521793704 (paperback)
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