The constitution of freedom an introduction to legal constitutionalism

With the rise of populist, anti-constitutional sentiment and the normalization of the anti-terror state it has once again become imperative to explain what constitutionalism means for the constitutional legal order and the political community which is meant to live by it. This book’s intention is le...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sajó, András, autor (autor), Uitz, Renáta, autor
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2017
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Constitutions and constitutionalism
  • Conditions for a constitution
  • Democracy, or taming an unruly friend
  • Dangerous liaisons: separation of powers and checks and balances
  • Federalism
  • Parliamentarism and the legislative branch
  • The executive power
  • The rule of law and its executors
  • Who guards the guardians? constitutional adjudication
  • Rights
  • Constitutions under stress
  • Multi-layered constitutionalism, globalization and the revival of the nation state.