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100	1		_aGargarella, Roberto, _d1964- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe law as a conversation among equals / _cRoberto Gargarella.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge studies in constitutional law
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
505	0		_aConstitutionalism 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			_aIn 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	_aConstitutional law.
650		0	_aDemocracy.
650		0	_aCivil rights.
650		0	_aEquality before the law.
650		0	_aElite (Social sciences)
650		0	_aDiscontent.
650		0	_aGovernment, Resistance to.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781009098595
830		0	_aCambridge studies in constitutional law.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105682
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