Constitutional democracy : creating and maintaining a just political order

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Constitutional democracy : creating and maintaining a just political order

Walter F. Murphy

(The Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought)

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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ISBN 9780801884702

内容説明

Constitutional democracy is a political hybrid, the product of an uneasy union between, on the one hand, the normative theories of constitutionalism and democracy and, on the other, the desire to live under what James Madison called "free government." In this engaging and provocative work, Walter F. Murphy combines a lifetime's study of constitutions and democracy with traditional storytelling to answer fundamental questions about constitutional democracy: How is it created? How is it maintained? How can it be adapted to changing circumstances? Murphy begins with a definitional section on constitutions, constitutional texts, constitutionalism, and democracy. Next, he tells the story of how a democracy is established within the context of a fictional constitutional convention for a fictional country. He follows delegates - many of whose arguments track those of real-life political, economic, and legal theorists - as they debate and draft the components of a constitution. Here, the reader comes to understand and appreciate the components of a constitutional text and the contingency and potential of the constitution-making process. Murphy then offers an expository analysis of constitutional maintenance, adaptation, and, essentially, constitutional change.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780801891076

内容説明

Constitutional democracy is a political hybrid, the product of an uneasy union between, on the one hand, the normative theories of constitutionalism and democracy and, on the other, the desire to live under what James Madison called "free government." In this engaging and provocative work, Walter F. Murphy combines a lifetime's study of constitutions and democracy with traditional storytelling to answer fundamental questions about constitutional democracy: How is it created? How is it maintained? How can it be adapted to changing circumstances? Murphy begins with a definitional section on constitutions, constitutional texts, constitutionalism, and democracy. Next, he tells the story of how a democracy is established within the context of a fictional constitutional convention for a fictional country. He follows delegates-many of whose arguments track those of real-life political, economic, and legal theorists-as they debate and draft the components of a constitution. Here, the reader comes to understand and appreciate the components of a constitutional text and the contingency and potential of the constitution-making process. Murphy then offers an expository analysis of constitutional maintenance, adaptation, and, essentially, constitutional change.

目次

Preface General Information I. Creating a Constitutional Democracy Introduction 1. Values, Interests, and Goals 2. Alternative Political Systems 3. Alternative Political Systems: The Debate 4. The Possibility of Constitutional Democracy 5. To Draft or Not to Draft a Constitutional Text 6. Drafting 1: The Shape of the Constitution 7. Drafting 2: The Judiciary 8. Drafting 3: A Bill of Rights 9. Drafting 4: Special Cases Epilogue II. Maintaining a Constitutional Democracy Introduction 10. Creating Citizens 11. Military and Security Forces 12. Rebuilding the Machinery of the State: The Bureaucracies 13. Dealing with Deposed Despots 14. Constitutional Interpretation as Constitutional Maintenance 15. Constitutional Change and Its Limits Epilogue Reprise General Index Index of Cases

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