ISBN:
9789401139458
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (172p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Law and Philosophy Library 48
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Philosophy of law
;
Law.
;
Constitutional law
;
Political science.
;
Law—Philosophy.
;
Philosophy.
;
Law—History.
Abstract:
This book explores the origins of Anglo-American Constitutionalism, from both a philosophical and a historical perspective. It attempts to show that the institutional mechanisms incorporated into the American Constitution were modeled under a strong bias against collective discussion. The book also examines the alternative institutional system then proposed by a different and more radical tradition of thought, and evaluates this alternative from the ideal of a deliberate democracy. The Scepter of Reason challenges much of the current academic literature on the philosophical foundations of modern constitutionalism, and advances suggestions for a different approach. It will be particularly attractive for legal scholars, political scientists, and graduate and undergraduate students interested in Constitutional Theory, Anglo-American History, and Democratic Theory
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-011-3945-8
URL:
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