Constitutional Culture and Democratic RuleJohn A. Ferejohn, Jack N. Rakove, Jonathan Riley This volume investigates the nature of constitutional democratic government in the United States and elsewhere. The editors introduce a basic conceptual framework which the contributors clarify and develop in eleven essays organized into three separate sections. The first section deals with constitutional founding and the founders' use of cultural symbols and traditions to facilitate acceptance of a new regime. The second discusses alternative constitutional structures and their effects on political outcomes. The third focuses on processes of constitutional change and on why founders might choose to make formal amendments relatively difficult or easy to achieve. The book is distinctive because it provides comprehensive tools for analyzing and comparing different forms of constitutional democracy. These tools are discussed in ways that will be of interest to students and readers in political science, law, history and political philosophy. |
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... question for Madison's biographers . But more than that , it offers a revealing early commentary on the problem of adjusting constitutional intentions and expectations to the messy uncertainty of political life and the lessons of ...
... question for Madison's biographers . But more than that , it offers a revealing early commentary on the problem of adjusting constitutional intentions and expectations to the messy uncertainty of political life and the lessons of ...
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... questions proved more difficult and divisive than he had foreseen , even allowing for his disappointment over the plan as adopted . But it was also because political events did not stand still while constitutional procedures were ...
... questions proved more difficult and divisive than he had foreseen , even allowing for his disappointment over the plan as adopted . But it was also because political events did not stand still while constitutional procedures were ...
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... question of whether a political system can be understood as a constitutional regime depends on the existence of a constitutional culture that contains shared normative expectations about appropriate governmental conduct . Even in ...
... question of whether a political system can be understood as a constitutional regime depends on the existence of a constitutional culture that contains shared normative expectations about appropriate governmental conduct . Even in ...
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... question doctrine have all provided the Supreme Court with ample license to remain silent on constitutional issues it prefers to avoid . Even in America , the Court has not claimed - in fact , it has often disclaimed - a monopoly on ...
... question doctrine have all provided the Supreme Court with ample license to remain silent on constitutional issues it prefers to avoid . Even in America , the Court has not claimed - in fact , it has often disclaimed - a monopoly on ...
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... question of political science . No matter how these issues are resolved , there remains the question of how an original bargain , however it is described , is relevant for us today . Why should a historicist theory of a constitution ...
... question of political science . No matter how these issues are resolved , there remains the question of how an original bargain , however it is described , is relevant for us today . Why should a historicist theory of a constitution ...
Contents
Constitutional Problematics circa 1787 | 41 |
Inventing Constitutional Traditions The Poverty of Fatalism | 71 |
The Birth Logic of a Democratic Constitution | 110 |
CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND DESIGN | 145 |
Constitutional Democracy as a TwoStage Game | 147 |
Imagining Another Madisonian Republic | 170 |
One and Three Separation of Powers and the Independence of the Judiciary in the Italian Constitution | 205 |
A Political Theory of Federalism | 223 |
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND STABILITY | 269 |
Designing an Amendment Process | 271 |
Constitutional Theory Transformed | 288 |
Constitutional Economic Transition | 328 |
Institutionalizing Constitutional Interpretation | 361 |
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