Our republican constitution
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1841135224
ISBN 13
9781841135229
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
xii, 156 pages
Subject
American Constitutional Law
Abstract
"This is an original reinterpretation of the central themes of the British constitution, drawing on constitutional history (especially of the seventeenth century), political theory and public law."--Jacket.
Description
Content:
1. On the political constitution -- I. The ideal of political accountability -- II. The model of legal constitutionalism -- 2. Republican constitutionalism -- I. Republicanism and constitutional law -- II. Republicanism in philosophy and history -- III. The three themes of republicanism -- 3. The making of the republican constitution -- I. The failure of the common law constitution -- II. The rise of the republican constitution -- III. An English or a British republic? -- 4. Republican constitutional reform -- I. A warning to legal constitutionalists -- II. Parliamentary government today -- III. A republican future? -- IV. Afterword.
1. On the political constitution -- I. The ideal of political accountability -- II. The model of legal constitutionalism -- 2. Republican constitutionalism -- I. Republicanism and constitutional law -- II. Republicanism in philosophy and history -- III. The three themes of republicanism -- 3. The making of the republican constitution -- I. The failure of the common law constitution -- II. The rise of the republican constitution -- III. An English or a British republic? -- 4. Republican constitutional reform -- I. A warning to legal constitutionalists -- II. Parliamentary government today -- III. A republican future? -- IV. Afterword.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index.
Number of Copies
1
