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The Judge as Political Theorist : Contemporary Constitutional Review /

The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief executive, or even th...

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Autor principal: Robertson, David, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The nature and function of judicial review -- Germany : dignity and democracy -- Eastern Europe : (re) establishing the rule of law -- France : purely abstract review -- Canada : imposing rights on the common law -- South Africa : defining a new society -- Tests of unconstitutionality and discrimination -- Conclusions : constitutional jurists as political theorists. 
520 |a The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief executive, or even the ordinary judge. Rather, constitutional judges spell out to society the implications--on the ground--of the moral and practical commitments embodied in the nation's constitution. Constitutional review, in other words, is a form of applied political theory. Robertson takes an in-depth look at constitutio. 
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