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.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2011

ISBN

9781139180207

Topic

Philosophy

Subtopic

Political Philosophy

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WHAT SHOULD CONSTITUTIONS DO?
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
WHAT ARE CONSTITUTIONS, AND WHAT SHOULD (AND CAN) THEY DO?
CONSTITUTION AND FUNDAMENTAL LAW: THE LESSON OF CLASSICAL ATHENS
CONTRACT, COVENANT, CONSTITUTION*
CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE AGE OF TERROR
THE LIBERAL CONSTITUTION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS*
DO CONSTITUTIONS HAVE A POINT? REFLECTIONS ON “PARCHMENT BARRIERS” AND PREAMBLES
THE ORIGINS OF AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IN NEW YORK, 1621–1777*
FOOT VOTING, POLITICAL IGNORANCE, AND CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN*
PLURALIST CONSTITUTIONALISM
DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTIONS
THE CONSTITUTION OF NONDOMINATION*
CAN WE DESIGN AN OPTIMAL CONSTITUTION? OF STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY AND RIGHTS CLARITY*
INDEX