Binding: Paperback
Description: Constitutional democracy is more fragile and less 'natural than autocracy. While this may sound surprising to complacent democrats more and more people find autocracy attractive because they were never forced to understand or imagine what despotism is. Generations who have lived in stable democracies with the promise that their enviable world will become the global 'normal find government rule without constitutionalism difficult to conceive. It is difficult but never too late to see one's own constitutional system as something that is fragile or up for grabs and in need of constant attention and care. In this book Andras Sajo and Renata Uitz explore how constitutionalism protects us and how it might be undone by its own means. Sajo and Uitz's intellectual history of the constitutional ideal is rich in contextual detail and informed by case studies that give an overview of both the theory and practice of constitutionalism worldwide. Classic constitutions are contrasted with twentieth - century and contemporary endeavours and experimentations in checks and balances. Their endeavour is neither apologetic (and certainly not celebratory) nor purely defensive: this book demonstrates why constitutionalism should continue to matter. Between the rise of populist anti - constitutional sentiment and the normalization of the apparatus of counter - terrorism it is imperative that the political communities who seek to sustain democracy as freedom understand the importance of constitutionalism. This book is essential reading for students of law and general readers without prior knowledge of the field as well as those in politics who believe they know how government works. It shows what is at stake in the debate on constitutionalism.
Title: The Constitution Of Freedom An Introduction To Legal Constitutionalism
Author(s): Uitz Renata (Professor Of Comparative Constitutional Law Professor Of Comparative Constitutional Law Central European University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198732181
Pages: 504 Pages
Publication Date: 11/26/2019
Category: Constitutional & Administrative Law