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Philosophical foundations of constitutional law /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dyzenhaus,David,Ed
Other Authors: Dyzenhaus, David, Thorburn, Malcolm
Format: Printed Book
Published: UK, OUP, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Philosophical foundations of law
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. What is a constitution?
  • The idea of a constitution : a plea for Staatsrechtslehre / David Dyzenhaus
  • The unwritten constitution as a legal concept / Mark D. Walters
  • On constitutional implications and constitutional structure / Aharon Barak
  • Reflections on what constitutes "a constitution" : the importance of "constitutions of settlement" and the potential irrelevance of Herculean lawyering / Sanford Levinson
  • Constitutional amendment and political constitutionalism : a philosophical and comparative reflection / Rosalind Dixon and Adrienne Stone
  • II. Constitutional authority
  • Constitutional legitimacy unbound / Evan Fox-Decent
  • Constituent power and the constitution / Hans Lindahl
  • Popular sovereignty and revolutionary constitution-making / Richard Stacey
  • Constitutional reason of state / Thomas Poole
  • III. Constitutional fundamentals
  • The rule of law / T.R.S. Allan
  • The constitutional separation of powers / Aileen Kavanagh
  • The framework model and constitutional interpretation / Jack M. Balkin
  • Philosophical foundations of judicial review / Cristina Lafont
  • IV. Constitutional rights and their limitation
  • Equality rights and stereotypes / Sophia Moreau
  • Proportionality / Malcolm Thorburn.