Philosophical or Political Foundation of Constitutional Law?

Dr. Pablo Riberi; PD Dr. Konrad Lachmayer

doi:10.5771/9783748930686

Summary

Die Beiträge des wissenschaftlichen Sammelbandes behandeln Grundfragen des Verfassungsrechts und der politischen Philosophie.

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Publication year: 2014
Publication date: 21.11.2014
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-1533-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-3068-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriften zum Internationalen und Vergleichenden Öffentlichen Recht
Volume: 24
Language: English
Pages: 354
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 12
1. 1. I. Internal recursivity No access
  2. II. The distribution and complementarity thesis No access
  3. III. The applied linguistics thesis No access
  4. IV. The Babylonian thesis No access
  5. V. Parallelism No access
2. 1. I. Foreword No access
  2. II. Philosophy or Politics No access
  3. III. A taxonomy for constitutionalists No access
  4. IV. A way to look at the linkbetween constitutionalism and Politics No access
  5. V. Conflict and Justice No access
  6. VI. Liberty and Equality from the pointof view of political constitutionalism No access
  7. VII. Epilogue No access
1. 1. I. To what extent are constitutions the product of some kind of “ideal” design process or, instead, the product of what might be called “political facts on the ground”? No access
  2. II. Concrete struggles (and compromises) in Philadelphia No access
  3. III. Reflections on compromise No access
  4. IV. Structuring compromises No access
  5. V. The central question: Was the Constitution worth it? No access
2. 1. I. Dictatorship, Human Rights and Hyper-presidentialism No access
  2. II. “Neoliberal” Programs, Social Crisis, and Presidential Authority No access
  3. III. Neoliberal crisis and social reform No access
  4. IV. Power and Rights in the New Constitutionalism No access
  5. V. The “engine room” of the Constitution No access
1. 1. I. To Represent No access
  2. II. To represent politically No access
  3. III. The National Construction of Political Representation No access
  4. IV. The Breakdown of Political Representation No access
  5. V. Reorganisation of the Representative Process No access
  6. VI. Political Representation and Democratic Principle No access
2. 1. I. The right to judicial protection as an “oblique” political right: Judicialization No access
  2. II. More or less democracy? Citizen’s direct participationthrough judicialization and the problem of elitization No access
  3. III. Representation, parliamentary deliberation and universal suffrage: Their equity potential No access
  4. IV. Crisis of representation and lack of effective channels of participation: the cause of the use of alternative political strategies No access
1. 1. I. ‘Judicial activism’ as referred to interpretation No access
  2. II. The specific features of constitutional interpretation No access
  3. III. Activism and restraint in light of the “counter-majoritarian difficulty.” No access
  4. IV. European constitutional courts and the issue of their legitimacy No access
  5. V. The activism/restraint dichotomy and the institutional dialogue No access
  6. VI. A recent criticism of the European model and the legitimacy issue No access
2. 1. I. Introduction No access
  2. II. The Cost of Rights (and How They Are Relevant for the Courts) No access
  3. III. Against the Redistributive Temptation No access
  4. IV. In the Face of Scarcity No access
  5. V. No Right Is Absolute (Not Even the Right to Health) No access
  6. VI. Conclusion No access
3. State Courts and the “Rule of Law” No access Pages 179 - 184
1. 1. I. Introduction No access
  2. II. The Judicial Record No access
  3. III. The Explanation of the Judicial Record No access
  4. IV. The Point of Law No access
  5. V. The Romans Had the Solution No access
  6. VI. The Theoretical Problems Resolved No access
  7. VII. Conclusion No access
2. 1. I. Introduction No access
  2. II. Legal Positivism No access
  3. III. The Supremacy of the Law, Constitutionalism and Positivism No access
  4. IV. The Legal Philosophy prevailing in the Weimar Republic No access
  5. V. The Legend of Legality No access
  6. VI. Variations on the same idea: Italian and Spanish Fascisms No access
  7. VII. Conclusion No access
1. 1. I. Introduction No access
  2. II. Section 1 – Republican Liberty as Non-domination No access
  3. III. Section 2 – The Liberal Challenge to Republicanism No access
  4. IV. Section 3 – Transnational republicanism? No access
  5. V. Conclusion No access
2. 1. I. A Pluralistic Perspective No access
  2. II. From the Plurality of Constitutions to Constitutional Pluralism No access
  3. III. Pluralism as Foundation of Constitutional Theory No access
  4. IV. Legitimacy of Constitutional Comparison through Pluralism No access
  5. V. Pluralistic Constitutional Comparison No access
3. 1. I. Foreword: a “point of views” matter? No access
  2. II. Rule of Law or Constitutional Law? No access
  3. III. A Constitution for Europe No access
  4. IV. The European Community No access
  5. V. From the European Community to the European Union: the end of an era? No access
  6. VI. Metaphors and isomorphisms No access
  7. VII. The Verweltlichung No access
  8. VIII. The birth of a “General” Constitutional Law No access
  9. IX. Global Administrative Law, Cross-Constitutionalism and Borrowing Regime No access
  10. X. Who does the Constitution and the Constitutional law belong to? No access
4. 1. I. Foreword: a “point of views” matter? No access
  2. II. Rule of Law or Constitutional Law? No access
  3. III. A Constitution for Europe No access
  4. IV. The European Community No access
  5. V. From the European Community to the European Union: the end of an era? No access
  6. VI. Metaphors and isomorphisms No access
  7. VII. The Verweltlichung No access
  8. VIII. The birth of a “General” Constitutional Law No access
  9. IX. Global Administrative Law, Cross-Constitutionalism and Borrowing Regime No access
  10. X. Who does the Constitution and the Constitutional law belong to? No access
5. 1. I. Introduction No access
  2. II. The constitutional jurisdiction in the democratic order: the Constitutional Courts as “masters of the Constitution” No access
  3. III. Judicialization and judicial activism: two sides of the same coin, but not necessarily the same coin No access
  4. IV. The International Courts of Human Rights: does the realization of human rights justify everything? No access
  5. V. Conclusion No access
Editors and Contributors to this Volume No access Pages 353 - 354