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- Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 332 pages)
- Series Statement
- Philosophical foundations of law
- Uniform Title
- Philosophical foundations of constitutional law (Online)
- Philosophical foundations of law.
- Subject
- Constitutional law > Philosophy
- Note
- Series statement from dust jacket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- I. What is a constitution? -- The idea of a constitution : a plea for Staatsrechtslehre / David Dyzenhaus -- The unwritten constitution as a legal concept / Mark D. Walters -- On constitutional implications and constitutional structure / Aharon Barak -- Reflections on what constitutes "a constitution" : the importance of "constitutions of settlement" and the potential irrelevance of Herculean lawyering / Sanford Levinson -- Constitutional amendment and political constitutionalism : a philosophical and comparative reflection / Rosalind Dixon and Adrienne Stone -- II. Constitutional authority -- Constitutional legitimacy unbound / Evan Fox-Decent -- Constituent power and the constitution / Hans Lindahl -- Popular sovereignty and revolutionary constitution-making / Richard Stacey -- Constitutional reason of state / Thomas Poole -- III. Constitutional fundamentals -- The rule of law / T.R.S. Allan -- The constitutional separation of powers / Aileen Kavanagh -- The framework model and constitutional interpretation / Jack M. Balkin -- Philosophical foundations of judicial review / Cristina Lafont -- IV. Constitutional rights and their limitation -- Equality rights and stereotypes / Sophia Moreau -- Proportionality / Malcolm Thorburn.
- LCCN
- 2015956096
- OCLC
- ssj0001672768
- Title
Philosophical foundations of constitutional law [electronic resource] / edited by David Dyzenhaus, University Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Toronto and Malcolm Thorburn, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toronto.
- Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Edition
First edition.
- Series
Philosophical foundations of law
Philosophical foundations of law.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Dyzenhaus, David.
Thorburn, Malcolm, 1971-