Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law 1st Edition David Dyzenhaus 9780198754527,0198754523

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198754531
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198754534
• Author:  David Dyzenhaus (Editor), Malcolm Thorburn (Editor)

Constitutional law has been and remains an area of intense philosophical interest, and yet the debate has taken place in a variety of different fields with very little to connect them. In a collection of essays bringing together scholars from several constitutional systems and disciplines, Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law unites the debate in a study of the philosophical issues at the very foundations of the idea of a constitution: why one might be necessary; what problems it must address; what problems constitutions usually address; and some of the issues raised by the administration of a constitutional regime.

Although these issues of institutional design are of abiding importance, many of them have taken on new significance in the last few years as law-makers have been forced to return to first principles in order to justify novel practices and arrangements in their constitutional orders. Thus, questions of constitutional ‘revolutions’, challenges to the demands of the rule of law, and the separation of powers have taken on new and pressing importance. The essays in this volume address these questions, filling the gap in the philosophical analysis of constitutional law.

The volume will provoke specialists in philosophy, politics, and law to develop new philosophically grounded analyses of constitutional law, and will be a valuable resource for graduate students in law, politics, and philosophy.

Table of contents:

I. What is a Constitution?
1. The Idea of a Constitution: A Plea for Staatsrechtslehre
2. The Unwritten Constitution as a Legal Concept
3. On Constitutional Implications and Constitutional Structure
4. Reflections on What Constitutes ‘a Constitution’: The Importance of ‘Constitutions of Settlement’ and the Potential Irrelevance of Herculean Lawyering
5. Constitutional Amendment and Political Constitutionalism: A Philosophical and Comparative Reflection
II. Constitutional Authority
6. Constitutional Legitimacy Unbound
7. Constituent Power and the Constitution
8. Popular Sovereignty and Revolutionary Constitution-Making
9. Constitutional Reason of State
III. Constitutional Fundamentals
10. The Rule of Law
11. The Constitutional Separation of Powers
12. The Framework Model and Constitutional Interpretation
13. Philosophical Foundations of Judicial Review
IV. Constitutional Rights and their Limitation
14. Equality Rights and Stereotypes
15. Proportionality

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