The limits of constitutional democracy / Jeffrey K. Tulis and Stephen Macedo, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tulis, Jeffrey.

Macedo, Stephen, 1957-

Series:

University Center for Human Values series.

University Center for Human Values series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Constitutional democracy is at once a flourishing idea filled with optimism and promise--and an enterprise fraught with limitations. Uncovering the reasons for this ambivalence, this book looks at the difficulties of constitutional democracy, and reexamines fundamental questions: What is constitutional democracy? When does it succeed or fail? Can constitutional democracies conduct war? Can they preserve their values and institutions while addressing new forms of global interdependence? The authors gathered here interrogate constitutional democracy's meaning in order to illuminate its future. The book examines key themes--the issues of constitutional failure; the problem of emergency power and whether constitutions should be suspended when emergencies arise; the dilemmas faced when constitutions provide and restrict executive power during wartime; and whether constitutions can adapt to such globalization challenges as immigration, religious resurgence, and nuclear arms proliferation. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Sotirios Barber, Joseph Bessette, Mark Brandon, Daniel Deudney, Christopher Eisgruber, James Fleming, William Harris II, Ran Hirschl, Gary Jacobsohn, Benjamin Kleinerman, Jan-Werner Müller, Kim Scheppele, Rogers Smith, Adrian Vermeule, and Mariah Zeisberg.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction Constitutional Boundaries / Tulis, Jeffrey K. / Macedo, Stephen

Part I. WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL FAILURE?

1. Constitutional Failure: Ultimately Attitudinal / Barber, Sotirios A.

2. Successful Failures of the American Constitution / Fleming, James E.

3. The Disharmonic Constitution / Jacobsohn, Gary Jeffrey

4. Constitution of Failure / Harris Ii, William F.

Part II. HOW CAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY CONTEND WITH EMERGENCY?

5. "In the Name of National Security" / Kleinerman, Benjamin A.

6. The Possibility of Constitutional Statesmanship / Tulis, Jeffrey K.

7. Exceptions That Prove the Rule / Scheppele, Kim Lane

Part III. HOW CAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY CONTEND WITH WAR?

8. The Glorious Commander in Chief / Vermeule, Adrian

9. The Relational Conception of War Powers / Zeisberg, Mariah

10. Confronting War / Bessette, Joseph M.

11. War and Constitutional Change / Brandon, Mark E.

Part IV. HOW CAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY CONTEND WITH GLOBALIZATION?

12. Three Constitutionalist Responses to Globalization / Müller, Jan-Werner

13. Constitutionalism in a Theocratic World / Hirschl, Ran

14. Constitutional Democracies, Coercion, and Obligations to Include / Smith, Rogers M.

15. Omniviolence, Arms Control, and Limited Government / Deudney, Daniel

Conclusion. Constitutional Engagement and Its Limits / Eisgruber, Christopher L.

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612821103

9781400836796

1400836794

9781282821101

1282821105

9780691147345

0691147345

OCLC:

677992429