What should constitutions do?

What should constitutions do?

by Miller, Fred D.,, Jr Paul, Ellen Frankel Paul, Jeffrey

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The essays in this volume - written by prominent philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars - address the basic purposes of constitutions and their status as fundamental law. Some deal with specific constitutional provisions: they ask, for example, which branches of government should have the authority to conduct foreign policy, or how the judiciary should be organized, or what role a preamble should play in a nation's founding document. Other essays explore questions of constitution…

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  • Full title :What should constitutions do? / edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr, Jeffrey Paul.

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The essays in this volume - written by prominent philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars - address the basic purposes of constitutions and their status as fundamental law. Some deal with specific constitutional provisions: they ask, for example, which branches of government should have the authority to conduct foreign policy, or how the judiciary should be organized, or what role a preamble should play in a nation's founding document. Other essays explore questions of constitutional design: they consider the advantages of a federal system of government, or the challenges of designing a constitution for a pluralistic society - or they ask what form of constitution best promotes personal liberty and economic prosperity.

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  • Publication Date:2010.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) : : PDF file(s).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139151528, 1139151525
  • oclc:on1030112996
  • LC Classification:K3165
  • Dewey Decimal:342.0201

Subjects

Constitutional law -- Philosophy Droit constitutionnel -- Philosophie Political science

Writers

Miller, Fred D.,, Jr Paul, Ellen Frankel Paul, Jeffrey

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