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The distorting lens of convergent constitutional theory / Peter Cane.

By: Series: Hart studies in constitutional theory ; vol 9Publisher: Gordonsville : Hart Publishing, 2025Edition: 1Description: x, 139 pages. 24 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9781509988464
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342 CAN
Contents:
Foreword, Charles Barzun (University of Virginia School of Law, USA), Maartje de Visser (Singapore Management University), and Matthias Klatt (University of Graz, Austria) - 1. Introduction - 2. Constitutional Writing - 3. Constitutional Fundamentalism - 4. Popular Sovereignty - 5. Institutional Structure: Separation of Powers - 6. Constitutional Law and Administrative Law - 7. Rights - 8. Democracy - 9. Conclusion.
Summary: "This book challenges the near-universal acceptance of a US-style, Western constitutional paradigm as the best basis for comparative constitutional studies. Main pillars of this 'convergent constitutional theory' are rooted in the revolutionary, late-eighteenth century - a lost world; constitutional arrangements that deviate from the paradigm are often branded as 'outliers' or even not constitutional at all; and the foundations of the paradigm in liberal democracy give no space for other forms of constitutionalism. This book dives into the theory and it makes suggestions for alternative, preferable methods of understanding, analysing and explaining constitutions, and governmental and constitutional systems"-- Provided by publisher.
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BOOKs . New Arrival - Display Area 342 CAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Not For Loan Recommended by Prof. Dr. Sanjay Jain 40712

Foreword, Charles Barzun (University of Virginia School of Law, USA), Maartje de Visser (Singapore Management University), and Matthias Klatt (University of Graz, Austria) -
1. Introduction -
2. Constitutional Writing -
3. Constitutional Fundamentalism -
4. Popular Sovereignty -
5. Institutional Structure: Separation of Powers -
6. Constitutional Law and Administrative Law -
7. Rights -
8. Democracy -
9. Conclusion.

"This book challenges the near-universal acceptance of a US-style, Western constitutional paradigm as the best basis for comparative constitutional studies. Main pillars of this 'convergent constitutional theory' are rooted in the revolutionary, late-eighteenth century - a lost world; constitutional arrangements that deviate from the paradigm are often branded as 'outliers' or even not constitutional at all; and the foundations of the paradigm in liberal democracy give no space for other forms of constitutionalism. This book dives into the theory and it makes suggestions for alternative, preferable methods of understanding, analysing and explaining constitutions, and governmental and constitutional systems"-- Provided by publisher.