The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism

A comprehensive collection exploring the theoretical and practical connections between constitutionalism and deliberative democracy.

1. Introduction Hoi Kong and Ron Levy; Part I. Deliberating Under Constitutions: 2. Reasoned administration and democratic legitimacy - reflections on American hybrid Jerry L Mashaw; 3. Deliberative constitutionalism in the national security setting Mary B. DeRosa and Mitt C. Regan, Jr; 4. Deliberative constitutionalism through the lens of the administrative state David Dyzenhaus; 5. Deliberative ideals and constitutionalism in the administrative state Geneviève Cartier; 6. Parliamentary human rights vetting and deliberation George Williams and Daniel Reynolds; 7. Constitutional deliberation in the legislative process Gabrielle Appleby and Anna Olijnyk; 8. Deliberative federalism Robyn Hollander and Haig Patapan; 9. Separation of powers and deliberative democracy Danny Gittings; 10. Dialogue, deliberation and human rights Alison L. Young; Part II. Comprehensive Views - Deliberating under and about Constitutions: 11. The deliberative constitution at common law T. R. S. Allan; 12. The role of snap judgments in constitutional deliberation - a dialectical equilibrium model Jonathan Crowe; 13. Deliberating about constitutionalism Mark D. Walters; 14. Compromise in deliberative constitutionalism Daniel Weinstock; 15. Constitutional change through deliberation Pavlos Eleftheriadis; 16. In defence of empirical entanglement - the methodological flaw in Waldron's case against judicial review Theunis Roux; 17. Deliberative constitutionalism: an empirical dimension Eric Ghosh; 18. The jury system as a cornerstone of deliberative democracy John Gastil and Dennis Hale; 19. Ideas of constitutions and deliberative democracy and how they interact John Parkinson; 20. Kickstarting the bootstrapping - Jürgen Habermas, deliberative constitutionalisation, and the limits of proceduralism Simone Chambers; Part III. Deliberating about Constitutions: 21. Deliberative democracy and the doctrine of unconstitutional constitutional amendments Joel Colón-Ríos; 22. Squaring the circle? Bringing deliberation and participation together in processes of constitution-making Silvia Suteu and Stephen Tierney; 23. Mini-publics and deliberative constitutionalism Stephen Elstub and Gianfranco Pomatto; 24. Popular constitutionalism and constitutional deliberation Gideon Sapir; 25. Constitutional reform and the problem of deliberation - building a 'civics infrastructure' for meaningful debate Sarah Sorial; 26. Deliberative or performative? Constitutional reform proposals and the politics of public engagement Chris Shore and David V. Williams; 27. The 'elite problem' in deliberative constitutionalism Ron Levy; Afterword Simone Chambers.