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Fragile democracies : contested power in the era of constitutional courts /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Issacharoff, Samuel
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Londin: Cambridge University press, 2015.
Series:Cambridge studies in election law and democracy
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Burden of Modern Democracy
  • The American Paradox
  • The Boundaries of Democracy
  • Types of Threats
  • Responses to Antidemocratic Threats
  • Judging Militant Democracy
  • Giving Up Power
  • The Promise of Constitutional Democracy
  • Transition in South Africa
  • The Era of Constitutional Courts
  • The Constitutional Bargain
  • Can Law Protect Democracy?
  • Constitutionalism in the Time of Fragile Democracies
  • Epilogue : Democratic Objectives.