Limiting government : an introduction to constitutionalism
This text discusses the mechanisms of restricting government power through social self-binding, including forms of the separation of powers and constitutional review. It relates the theoretical and practical importance to the discontent with majoritarian democracy and the disrepute of parliaments.
Print Book, English, 1999
Central European University Press, New York, 1999
xvi, 292 pages ; 23 cm
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IntroductionChapter 1: The constitution as fear and acceptanceChapter 2: The taming of democracyChapter 3: Dangerous liaisons: checks and balances and the separation of powersChapter 4: Parliamentarism and the legislative branchChapter 5: The executive powerChapter 6: The rule-of-law state and its executorsChapter 7: Constitutional adjudicationChapter 8: Fundamental rights