What Should Constitutions Do? /
What Should Constitutions Do? /
edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr, Jeffrey Paul.
- 1 online resource (354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Social Philosophy and Policy .
- Social Philosophy and Policy. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
The essays in this volume - written by prominent philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars - address the basic purposes of constitutions and their status as fundamental law. Some deal with specific constitutional provisions: they ask, for example, which branches of government should have the authority to conduct foreign policy, or how the judiciary should be organized, or what role a preamble should play in a nation's founding document. Other essays explore questions of constitutional design: they consider the advantages of a federal system of government, or the challenges of designing a constitution for a pluralistic society - or they ask what form of constitution best promotes personal liberty and economic prosperity.
9781139151528 (ebook)
Political science
K3165 / .W435 2010
342.0201
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
The essays in this volume - written by prominent philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars - address the basic purposes of constitutions and their status as fundamental law. Some deal with specific constitutional provisions: they ask, for example, which branches of government should have the authority to conduct foreign policy, or how the judiciary should be organized, or what role a preamble should play in a nation's founding document. Other essays explore questions of constitutional design: they consider the advantages of a federal system of government, or the challenges of designing a constitution for a pluralistic society - or they ask what form of constitution best promotes personal liberty and economic prosperity.
9781139151528 (ebook)
Political science
K3165 / .W435 2010
342.0201