Political constitutionalism : a republican defence of the constitutionality of democracy / Richard Bellamy.

By: Bellamy, Richard (Richard Paul) [author]
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description: x, 270 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521865104 (hbk.); 0521865107 (hbk.); 9780521683678 (pbk.); 052168367X (pbk.)Subject(s): Representative government and representation | Judicial review | Democracy | Constitutional law -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 347.41012 LOC classification: K3289 | .B45 2007Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction: legal and political constitutionalism -- pt. I. Legal constitutionalism. Constitutional rights and the limits of judicial review ; The rule of law and the rule of persons ; Constitutionalism and democracy -- pt. II. Political constitutionalism. The norms of political constitutionalism: non-domination and political equality ; The forms of political constitutionalism: public reason and the balance of power ; Bringing together norms and forms: the democratic constitution.
Summary: This book challenges the view that democracy and human rights are best protected by the legal process rather than the electoral process and is thus an important contribution to the debate over democracy and constitutionalism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: legal and political constitutionalism --
pt. I. Legal constitutionalism. Constitutional rights and the limits of judicial review ; The rule of law and the rule of persons ; Constitutionalism and democracy --
pt. II. Political constitutionalism. The norms of political constitutionalism: non-domination and political equality ; The forms of political constitutionalism: public reason and the balance of power ; Bringing together norms and forms: the democratic constitution.

This book challenges the view that democracy and human rights are best protected by the legal process rather than the electoral process and is thus an important contribution to the debate over democracy and constitutionalism.

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