Beyond the Republican Revival: Non-Domination, Positive Liberty and Sortition

Beyond the Republican Revival: Non-Domination, Positive Liberty and Sortition

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This is the first book-length treatment of both the non-positive- and the positive-liberty strands of the republican revival in political and constitutional theory. The republican revival, pursued especially over the last few decades, has presented republicanism as an exciting alternative to the dominant tradition of liberalism.

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Tax Law, State-Building and the Constitution

Tax Law, State-Building and the Constitution

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This monograph looks at how tax is intertwined with constitutional law and the state in the UK. It looks at a variety of topics including tax devolution, scrutiny and reform of tax legislation, the protection of taxpayers and the domestic legal processing of international rules and problems.

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Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness

Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness

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This thought-provoking book investigates the increasingly important subject of constitutional idolatry and its effects on democracy. Focussed around whether the UK should draft a single written constitution, it suggests that constitutions have been drastically and persistently over-sold throughout the years, and that their wider importance and effects are not nearly as significant as constitutional advocates maintain.

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The Impact of European Institutions on the Rule of Law and Democracy - Slovenia and Beyond

The Impact of European Institutions on the Rule of Law and Democracy - Slovenia and Beyond

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Since 2010 the European Union has been plagued by crises of democracy and the rule of law, which have been spreading from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), catching many by surprise. This book argues that the professed success of the 2004 big bang enlargement mirrored the Potemkin villages erected in the new Member States on their accession to Europe.

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Time, Law, and Change - An Interdisciplinary Study

Time, Law, and Change - An Interdisciplinary Study

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Offering a unique perspective on an overlooked subject – the relationship between time, change, and lawmaking – this edited collection brings together world-leading experts to consider how time considerations and social, political and technological change affect the legislative process, the interpretation of laws, the definition of the powers of the government and the ability of legal orders to promote innovation.

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Revolutionary Constitutionalism

Revolutionary Constitutionalism

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This book, the result of a major international conference held at Yale Law School, contains contributions from leading scholars in public law who engage critically with Bruce Ackerman’s path-breaking book, Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law. The book also features a rebuttal chapter by Ackerman in which he responds directly to the contributors’ essays.

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China's National Security - Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law?

China's National Security - Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law?

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All states are challenged by the need to protect national security while maintaining the rule of law, but the issue is particularly complex in the China–Hong Kong context. This timely and important book explores how China conceives of its national security and the position of Hong Kong.

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Values in the Supreme Court

Values in the Supreme Court

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This book examines the significance of values in Supreme Court decision making. Drawing on theories and techniques from psychology, it focuses on the content analysis of judgments and uses a novel methodology to reveal the values that underpin decision making.

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Protecting Human Rights and Building Peace in Post-Violence Societies

Protecting Human Rights and Building Peace in Post-Violence Societies

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This book critically examines the relationship between protecting human rights and building peace in post-violence societies. It explores the conditions that must be present, and strategies that should be adopted, for the former to contribute to the latter.

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The Frontiers of Public Law

The Frontiers of Public Law

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This major collection contains selected papers from the third Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Melbourne in July 2018. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and senior judges from across the common law world, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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The Constitution of Poland: A Contextual Analysis

The Constitution of Poland: A Contextual Analysis

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This book focuses on the Polish Constitution of 1997, concentrating on its structure, its substance and some of the institutional choices made by the drafters. The core of the Constitution is similar to other liberal democratic constitutions, but, in addition, it regulates a number of issues – such as public finances and sources of law – that are new to Polish constitutionalism and to constitutionalism in general.

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The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia

The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia

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This book outlines and explains the unique human rights journey of Australia. It moves beyond the criticisms long made of the Australian position – that its ‘formalism’, ‘legalism’ and ‘exceptionalism’ compromise its capacity for rights protection – to consider how the many elements of its novel legal structure operate.

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Constitutional Law of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy

Constitutional Law of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy

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By engaging a number of legal themes that cut across foreign affairs exceptionalism, executive prerogatives, parliamentary accountability, judicial review, and the constitutionalisation of European integration, the book lays bare how EU foreign affairs have become highly legalised, leading to ever-greater coherence in how Europe exerts itself on the global stage.

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