Revolutionary Constitutionalism: Law, Legitimacy, Power

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5099-7424-5
Verlag: HART PUB

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1300 g

This book, the result of a major international conference held at Yale Law School, contains contributions from leading scholars in public law who engage critically with Bruce Ackerman's path-breaking book, Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law. The book also features a rebuttal chapter by Ackerman in which he responds directly to the contributors' essays.

Some advance Ackerman's theory, others attack it, and still others refine it - but all agree that the ideas in his book reset the terms of debate on the most important subjects in constitutionalism today: from the promise and perils of populism to the causes and consequences of democratic backsliding, from the optimal models of constitutional design to the forms and limits of constitutional amendment, and from the role of courts in politics to how we identify when the mythical 'people' have spoken. A must-read for all interested in the current state of constitutionalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Albert, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Verfassungsgeschichte, Verfassungsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: A Global Tour of Constitutionalism

Richard Albert
1. A Political, not a Legal History of the Rise of Worldwide Constitutionalism

Dieter Grimm

PART I
THE LEGITIMATING FOUNDATIONS OF REVOLUTIONARY CONSTITUTIONALISM
2. A Defence of Non-representational Constitutionalism: Why Constitutions Need not be Representational

Alon Harel
3. Constitutionalism and Society: Ackerman on Worldwide Constitution-Making and the Role of Social Forces

Denis Baranger
4. Bruce Ackerman's Theory of History

Roberto Gargarella
5. Constitutionalism and the Predicament of Postcolonial Independence

Aziz Rana
6. Revolution on a Human Scale: Liberal Values, Populist Theory?

Andrew Arato

PART II
CONSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
7. Charismatic Fictions and Constitutional Politics

Tom Ginsburg
8. Uncharismatic Revolutionary Constitutionalism

Stephen Gardbaum
9. Unconventional Adaptation and the Authenticity of the Constitution

Alessandro Ferrara
10. Constitutional Revolution, Legal Positivism and Constituent Power

Yasuo Hasebe
11. The Traditions of Constitutional Change

Richard Albert

PART III
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
12. Constitutional Crossroads: A View from Europe

Neil Walker
13. How Europe Brought Judicial Review to France: A Response to Bruce Ackerman

Daniel Halberstam
14. Constituting the Judiciary, Constituting Europe

Mitchel Lasser

PART IV
THE LAW AND POLITICS OF REVOLUTION
15. Sustaining Revolutionary Constitutions: From Movement Party to Movement Court

Menaka Guruswamy
16. The Italian Constitution as a Revolutionary Agreement

Marta Cartabia
17. Constitutional Strategy for a Polarised Society: Learning from Poland's Post-revolutionary Misfortunes

Maciej Kisilowski
18. Choosing to Have Had a Revolution: Lessons from South Africa's Undecided Constitutionalism

James Fowkes
19. The Race against Time

Bruce Ackerman

Über Autor(innen)

Albert, Richard
Richard Albert is Director of Constitutional Studies, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Richard Albert is William Stamps Farish Professor of Law at the University of Texas, Austin.