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The law as a conversation among equals / (Record no. 8868)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781009105682 (ebook)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781009098595 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781009102063 (paperback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UkCbUP
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency UkCbUP
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number K3165
Item number .G375 2022
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 342
Edition number 23/eng/20211223
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gargarella, Roberto,
Dates associated with a name 1964-
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The law as a conversation among equals /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Roberto Gargarella.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Cambridge :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Cambridge University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2022.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) :
Other physical details digital, PDF file(s).
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Cambridge studies in constitutional law
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Constitutionalism and democracy : an institutional problem of structural nature -- The law as conversation among equals -- "Democratic dissonance" : elitism translated into institutions -- A constitution marked by a "discomfort with democracy" -- Motivations and institutions : "if men were angels" -- The structural difficulties of representation -- The rise and fall of popular control -- The periodic vote, or "electoral extortion" -- Checks and balances : combining "institutional means and personal motives" -- Presidentialism : busting the checks and balances -- Rights : citizenship as repository of rights -- Social rights and the "engine room" -- Judicial review : "it seems something of an insult" -- Constitutional interpretation : when the "interpretative gap" widens -- Constitution making : speaking with one voice in multicultural societies -- The birth of dialogical constitutionalism -- Why we care about dialogue -- "Democratic erosion" -- Conclusion : for a conversation among equals.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In a time of disenchantment with democracy, massive social protests and the 'erosion' of the system of checks and balances, this book proposes to reflect upon the main problems of our constitutional democracies from a particular regulative ideal: that of the conversation among equals. It examines the structural character of the current democratic crisis, and the way in which, from its origins, constitutions were built around a 'discomfort with democracy'. In this sense, the book critically explores the creation of different restraints upon majority rule and collective debate: constitutional rights that are presented as limits to (and not, fundamentally, as a product of) democratic debate; an elitist system of judicial review; a checks and balances scheme that discourages, rather than promotes, dialogue between the different branches of power; etc. Finally, the book proposes a dignified constitutional democracy aimed at enabling fraternal conversation within the framework of a community of equals.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Constitutional law.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Democracy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civil rights.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Equality before the law.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Elite (Social sciences)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Discontent.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Government, Resistance to.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
International Standard Book Number 9781009098595
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Cambridge studies in constitutional law.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105682">https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105682</a>

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