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Constitution of freedom : an introduction to legal constitutionalism /
Sajó and Uitz's intellectual history of the constitutional ideal is rich in contextual detail and informed by case studies that give an overview of both the theory and practice of constitutionalism worldwide. Classic constitutions are contrasted with twentieth-century and contemporary endeavour...
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UK,
OUP,
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.