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Designing democracy : what constitutions do /

What is the purpose of a constitution? This book shows how a democratic constitution helps diverse people, with opposing ethical and religious commitments, to live together on terms of mutual respect.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sunstein, Cass R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Tales of democracy and law
  • Deliberative trouble
  • Constitutional principles without constitutional theories
  • Against tradition
  • What should constitutions say? Secession and beyond
  • Impeaching the President
  • Democracy and rights: the nondelegation canons
  • The anticaste principle
  • Homosexuality and the constitution
  • Sex equality vs. religion
  • Social and economic rights? Lessons from South Africa
  • Conclusion: Democracy's constitution.