Why constitutions matter
by Berggren, Niclas Karlson, Nils Nergelius, Joakim
Berggren (City U. of Stockholm, Sweden), Karlson (City U. of Stockholm), and Nergelius (Lund U.) have gathered eight contributions from political scientists, economists, and law that, for the most part, explore theoretical justifications of constitutional orders. Democratic theory and constraints on majority rule as a foundation for the modern conception of democracy are considered in a number of papers. Later, the economic effects of constitutional political institutions are explored. The vari…
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- Full title :Why constitutions matter / edited by Niclas Berggren, Nils Karlson, Joakim Nergelius.
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Berggren (City U. of Stockholm, Sweden), Karlson (City U. of Stockholm), and Nergelius (Lund U.) have gathered eight contributions from political scientists, economists, and law that, for the most part, explore theoretical justifications of constitutional orders. Democratic theory and constraints on majority rule as a foundation for the modern conception of democracy are considered in a number of papers. Later, the economic effects of constitutional political institutions are explored. The various methods of distributing power in an electoral system are considered. Finally, different views of federalism and institutional competition are considered. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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- Publication Date:2002.
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- Publisher(s):Transaction Publishers
- Place of Publication:New Brunswick
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2002.
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Originally published: Stockholm : City University Press, 2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 291 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0765809249, 9780765809247
- oclc:ocm47990050
- LC Classification:K3171
- Dewey Decimal:342/.02
Table of Contents
Why do constitutions matter / James Buchanan -- Why constitution: what constitution: constraints on majority rule / Aleksander Peczenik -- The moral standing of democracy / Mats Lundström -- Parliamentary supremacy under attack: the British Constitution revisited / Jachim Nergelius -- Arbitrary democracy / Sverker Härd -- Economic effects of political institutions, with special reference to constitutions / Niclas Berggren and Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard -- The evolution of constitutional qualities under the influence of global competition / Wolfgang Kasper -- Competition in government by federalism / Erik Moberg.
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