Constitutional theory / edited by Wojciech Sadurski. - xix, 528 pages ; 26 cm. - International library of essays in law and legal theory. Second series . - International library of essays in law and legal theory. Second series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Constitutionalism : a preliminary discussion / What belongs in a constitution? / Agreements with Hell and other objects of our faith / Constitutional democracy : a paradoxical union of contradictory principles? / Constitutional political economy : the political philosophy of Homo Economicus / Let the voters decide? : an assessment of the initiative and referendum process / Putting civil rights to a popular vote / Public opinion and direct democracy / A populist critique of direct democracy / Value pluralism and the Constitution : in defense of the state action doctrine / Rethinking state action / Art and money : constitutional rights in the private sphere? / The issue of state action/horizontal effect in comparative constitutional law / The idea of constitutional pluralism / Denationalization and the very idea of democratic constitutionalism : the case of the European Community / For a European constitutional patriotism / Post-Communist constitutionalism : a transitional perspective / Preferred generations : a paradox of restoration constitutions / Constitution-making, identity building, and peaceful transition to democracy : theoretical reflections inspired by the Spanish example / Giovanni Sartori -- Ruth Gavison -- J. M. Balkin -- Jurgen Habermas -- Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin -- David B. Magleby -- Barbara S. Gamble -- Russell J. Dalton, Wilhelm Burklin and Andrew Drummond -- Sherman J. Clark -- Maimon Schwarzschild -- Erwin Chemerinsky -- Christoph Beat Graber and Gunther Teubner -- Mark Tushnet -- Neil Walker -- Oliver Gerstenberg -- Justine Lacroix -- Ruti Teitel -- Andras Sajo -- Michel Rosenfeld. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

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