Constitutional revolution
Few terms in political theory are as overused, and yet as under-theorized, as constitutional revolution. In this book, Gary Jacobsohn and Yaniv Roznai argue that the most widely accepted accounts of constitutional transformation, such as those found in the work of Hans Kelsen, Hannah Arendt, and Bruce Ackerman, fail adequately to explain radical change. For example, a "constitutional moment" may or may not accompany the onset of a constitutional revolution. The consolidation of revolutionary as…
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- Full title :Constitutional revolution / Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn and Yaniv Roznai.
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Few terms in political theory are as overused, and yet as under-theorized, as constitutional revolution. In this book, Gary Jacobsohn and Yaniv Roznai argue that the most widely accepted accounts of constitutional transformation, such as those found in the work of Hans Kelsen, Hannah Arendt, and Bruce Ackerman, fail adequately to explain radical change. For example, a "constitutional moment" may or may not accompany the onset of a constitutional revolution. The consolidation of revolutionary aspirations may take place over an extended period. The "moment" may have been under way for decades-or there may be no such moment at all. On the other hand, seemingly radical breaks in a constitutional regime actually may bring very little change in constitutional practice and identity. Constructing a clarifying lens for comprehending the many ways in which constitutional revolutions occur, the authors seek to capture the essence of what happens when constitutional paradigms change
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- Publication Date:2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
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- Description:1 online resource (x, 369 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300252880, 0300252889
- oclc:on1153575742
- LC Classification:K3165
- Dewey Decimal:342.001
Table of Contents
1 Introduction -- 2 Theorizing Constitutional Revolution -- 3 Revolutionary Constitutional Amendments: Hungary Between Rupture and Continuity -- 4 Revolution, Counterrevolution, and the Question of German Constitutional Identity -- 5 India's Dynamic Constitution: Revolution "Step by Step" -- 6 Constitutional Revolution Through Adjudication: The Case of Israel -- 7 Constitutional Revolutions and Constituent Power -- 8 Conclusion.
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