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Designing democracy : what constitutions do / Cass R. Sunstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sunstein, Cass R., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What is the purpose of a constitution? This book shows how a democratic constitution helps diverse people, with opposing ethical and religious commitments, to live together on terms of mutual respect.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Tales of Democracy and Law; 1 Deliberative Trouble; 2 Constitutional Principles without Constitutional Theories; 3 Against Tradition; 4 What Should Constitutions Say? Secession and Beyond; 5 Impeaching the President; 6 Democracy and Rights: The Nondelegation Canons; 7 The Anticaste Principle; 8 Homosexuality and the Constitution; 9 Sex Equality vs. Religion; 10 Social and Economic Rights? Lessons from South Africa; Conclusion: Democracy's Constitution; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9780190287023
- 0190287020
- 9780197718919
- 0197718914
- 9781280531866
- 128053186X
- 9781417587568
- 1417587563
- 9780195349245
- 0195349245
- 9781602569270
- 1602569274
- OCLC:
- 191818413
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