Constitutional limits and the public sphere : a critical study of Bentham's constitutionalism /
Oren Ben-Dor.
- x, 336 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Notes -- Introduction -- A Reconstruction of Bentham's Constitutionalism -- Sovereignty and the Nature of the Normativity of Law -- The Relativity and Plurality of Sovereignty -- The Role of the People in determining Constitutional Limits I - A Democratic Reading of A Fragment On Government -- The Role of the People in determining Constitutional Limits II - Mature Constitutional Theory -- The Public Opinion Tribunal - an Analysis of Consensus Formation and the Evolution of Communities -- Utility, Indeterminacy and Harm -- The Dynamic Connection between Ethics and Politics -- Contemporary Attempts to Bridge the Gap between Ethics and Politics -- Bibliography -- Index. Ch. 1. Pt. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Pt. 2. Ch. 7. Ch. 8.