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The Language of Liberal Constitutionalism
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521108331
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.12.2008
Seiten:
396
Autor:
Howard Schweber
Gewicht:
641 g
Format:
229x152x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Howard Schweber is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of The Creation of American Common Law, 1850-1880 and Speech, Conduct, and the First Amendment, as well as book chapters and articles in journals such as Law and History Review, Law and Society Review and Studies in American Political Development.
This book explores two basic questions regarding constitutional theory.
1. The search for sovereignty: law, language, and the beginning of modern constitutionalism; 2. Consent how?: challenges to Lockean constitutionalism; 3. Constitutional language and the possibility of binding commitments; 4. Consent to what? Exclusivity and completeness in constitutional and legal language; 5. The question of substance: morality, law, and constitutional legitimacy; 6. Conclusion: the defense of constitutional language.