"This volume provides the first English translation of Hans Kelsen's and Carl Schmitt's influential Weimar-era debate on constitutional guardianship and the legitimacy of constitutional review. It includes Kelsen's seminal piece, 'The Nature and Development of Constitutional Adj…
by Möller, Kai
fromOxford constitutional theory
The rapid spread of judicially-enforced constitutional rights has been one of the most dramatic developments in modern law. This book argues that there is now a global model for how such rights should function, and develops an original philosophically grounded, account of their …
"Political institutions are or ought to be the main subject of political theory. The essays in this collection are works of political theory devoted specifically to the institutions and institutional principles of modern democracy. They illustrate the author's contention in the …
"Este libro recoge una larga conversación con Luigi Ferrajoli desarrollada, por medio de sucesivos correos electrónicos, a lo largo de varios meses"--Page 9.
Este libro desarrolla la propuesta de un "constitucionalismo crítico". Rompiendo con supuestos básicos de la Teoría y el Derecho constitucional realiza no tanto críticas concretas a la actual concepción y función jurídico-constitucionales sino que elabora un estatuto teórico dis…
Este libro desarrolla la propuesta de un "constitucionalismo crítico". Rompiendo con supuestos básicos de la Teoría y el Derecho constitucional realiza no tanto críticas concretas a la actual concepción y función jurídico-constitucionales sino que elabora un estatuto teórico dis…
In an age of constitutional revolutions and reforms, theory and practice are moving in opposite directions. As a matter of constitutional practice, human dignity has emerged in jurisdictions around the world as the organizing idea of a groundbreaking paradigm. By reconfiguring c…
"Recent years have witnessed a multiplication of initiatives promoting constitutionalism and the rule of law. Both are understood, by many if not most, as necessary to create and sustain a just political order. If constitutionalism refers to a range of ideas and patterns of beha…
"Originalism is a force to be reckoned with in constitutional interpretation. At one time a monolithic theory of constitutional interpretation, contemporary originalism has developed into a sophisticated family of theories about how to interpret and reason with a constitution. C…
En las sociedades contemporáneas la evolución del Derecho ha conducido a su constitucionalización en un sentido fuerte. La Constitución, considerada la norma suprema del ordenamiento, es directamente aplicable, siendo aducible ante la jurisdicción, tutelando una amplia gama de d…
