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Towards Juristocracy
Author | : Ran Hirschl |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0674038673 |
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In countries and supranational entities around the globe, constitutional reform has transferred an unprecedented amount of power from representative institutions to judiciaries. The constitutionalization of rights and the establishment of judicial review are widely believed to have benevolent and progressive origins, and significant redistributive, power-diffusing consequences. Ran Hirschl challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing upon a comprehensive comparative inquiry into the political origins and legal consequences of the recent constitutional revolutions in Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and South Africa, Hirschl shows that the trend toward constitutionalization is hardly driven by politicians' genuine commitment to democracy, social justice, or universal rights. Rather, it is best understood as the product of a strategic interplay among hegemonic yet threatened political elites, influential economic stakeholders, and judicial leaders. This self-interested coalition of legal innovators determines the timing, extent, and nature of constitutional reforms. Hirschl demonstrates that whereas judicial empowerment through constitutionalization has a limited impact on advancing progressive notions of distributive justice, it has a transformative effect on political discourse. The global trend toward juristocracy, Hirschl argues, is part of a broader process whereby political and economic elites, while they profess support for democracy and sustained development, attempt to insulate policymaking from the vicissitudes of democratic politics.
Towards Juristocracy
Author | : Ran Hirschl |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780674038677 |
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In countries and supranational entities around the globe, constitutional reform has transferred an unprecedented amount of power from representative institutions to judiciaries. The constitutionalization of rights and the establishment of judicial review are widely believed to have benevolent and progressive origins, and significant redistributive, power-diffusing consequences. Ran Hirschl challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing upon a comprehensive comparative inquiry into the political origins and legal consequences of the recent constitutional revolutions in Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and South Africa, Hirschl shows that the trend toward constitutionalization is hardly driven by politicians' genuine commitment to democracy, social justice, or universal rights. Rather, it is best understood as the product of a strategic interplay among hegemonic yet threatened political elites, influential economic stakeholders, and judicial leaders. This self-interested coalition of legal innovators determines the timing, extent, and nature of constitutional reforms. Hirschl demonstrates that whereas judicial empowerment through constitutionalization has a limited impact on advancing progressive notions of distributive justice, it has a transformative effect on political discourse. The global trend toward juristocracy, Hirschl argues, is part of a broader process whereby political and economic elites, while they profess support for democracy and sustained development, attempt to insulate policymaking from the vicissitudes of democratic politics.
Juristocracy
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Author | : Béla Pokol |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Constitutional courts |
ISBN | : 6155164800 |
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Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy
Author | : Brian Christopher Jones |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2020-06-26 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781788971102 |
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Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy investigates the increasingly important subject of constitutional idolatry and its effects on democracy. Focussed around whether the UK should draft a single written constitution, it suggests that constitutions have been drastically and persistently over-sold throughout the years, and that their wider importance and effects are not nearly as significant as constitutional advocates maintain. Chapters analyse whether written constitutions can educate the citizenry, invigorate voter turnout, or deliver ‘We the People’ sovereignty.
Comparative Matters
Author | : Ran Hirschl |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780198714514 |
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Charting the history and analytical underpinnings of comparative constitutional inquiry, this book probes the various types, aims, and methodologies of engagement with the constitutive laws of others through the ages. It explores how and why comparative constitutional inquiry has been and ought to be pursued by academics and jurists worldwide.
Constitutional Theocracy
Author | : Ran Hirschl |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780674048195 |
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Ran Hirschl undertakes a rigorous comparative analysis of religion-and-state jurisprudence from dozens of countries worldwide to explore the evolving role of constitutional law and courts in a non-secularist world. --from publisher description.
The Language of Constitutional Comparison
Author | : Venter, Francois |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2022-03-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781800882584 |
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In this incisive and thought-provoking book, Francois Venter illuminates the issues arising from the fact that the current language of constitutional law is strongly premised on a particular worldview rooted in the history of the states around the North Atlantic Ocean. Highlighting how this terminological hegemony is being challenged from various directions, Venter explores the problem that all constitutional comparatists face: that they all must use the same words to express different meanings.
The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism
Author | : Steven J. Kautz,Arthur Melzer,Jerry Weinberger |
Publsiher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2011-10-03 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780812221909 |
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In this volume distinguished constitutional scholars aim to move debate over the Supreme Court beyond the soundbites that divide us to fundamental questions about the nature of constitutionalism.