Constitutionalism, identity, difference, and legitimacy : theoretical perspectives / edited by Michel Rosenfeld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenfeld, Michel, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Civil rights.

Legitimacy of governments.

State, The.

Genre:

Kongreß -- New York (NY) -- 1991.

Physical Description:

viii, 434 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1994.

Contents:

Modern constitutionalism as interplay between identity and diversity / Michel Rosenfeld

A new birth of constitutionalism : genetic influences and genetic defects / Louis Henkin

Constitutional bootstrapping in Philadelphia and Paris / Jon Elster

Revolution and constitutionalism in America / David A.J. Richards

Constitutional powermaking of the new polity : some deliberations on the relations between constituent power and the Constitution / Ulrich K. Preuss

Dilemmas arising from the power to create constitutions in Eastern Europe / Andrew Arato

German constitutional culture in transition / Bernhard Schlink

Constitutional identity / George P. Fletcher

Reactionary constitutional identity / Ruti G. Teitel

Toward a First Amendment jurisprudence of respect : a comment on George Fletcher's Constitutional identity / Robin West

Hermeneutics and constitutional interpretation / Aharon Barak

The constitutional judge : master or slave of the Constitution? / Dominique Rousseau

A philosophical reconstruction of judicial review / Carlos Santiago Nino

Preferred generations : a paradox of restoration constitutions / András Sajó

Free speech and the cultural contingency of constitutional categories / Frederick Schauer

The multicultural self : questions of subjectivity, questions of power / M.M. Slaughter

On property and constitutionalism / Cass R. Sunstein

Transitional constitutions / Arthur J. Jacobson.

Notes:

"Originally published as a special issue of the Cardozo law review, 'Comparative constitutionalism: theoretical perspectives on the role of constitutions in the interplay between identity and diversity, ' vol. 14, nos. 3-4 (January 1993)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0822315165

9780822315162

082231505X

9780822315056

OCLC:

30318608