ISBN:
9783642114342
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XX, 424p, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
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Buchausg. u.d.T. Benvindo, Juliano Zaiden On the limits of constitutional adjudication
Keywords:
Philosophy of law
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Constitutional law
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Law
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Law
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Philosophy of law
;
Law Philosophy
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Constitutional law
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Deutschland
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Brasilien
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Verfassungsgericht
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Rechtsprechung
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Politische Entscheidung
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Legitimation
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Eingeschränkte Rationalität
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Deutschland
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Brasilien
;
Verfassungsgericht
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Rechtsprechung
;
Politische Entscheidung
;
Legitimation
;
Eingeschränkte Rationalität
Abstract:
Juliano Z. Benvindo investigates the current movement of constitutional courts towards political activism, especially by focusing on the increasing use of the balancing method as a "rational" justification for this process. From the critical perception of the serious risks of this movement to democracy, the book takes as examples two constitutional realities, Germany and Brazil, in order to discuss the rationality, correctness, and legitimacy of constitutional decisions within this context. Through a dialogue between Jacques Derrida`s deconstruction and Jürgen Habermas`s proceduralism, the author confronts Robert Alexy`s defense of the balancing method as well as those two constitutional realities. This confrontation leads to the introduction of the concept of limited rationality applied to constitutional democracy and constitutional adjudication, which affirms the double bind of history and justice as a condition for a practice of decision-making committed to the principle of separation of powers. TOC:German and Brazilian Constitutional Cultures: Constitutional Adjudication and Activism: An Approach to Decision-making.- Balancing Within the Context of German Constitutionalism: The Bundesverfassungsgericht`s Shift to Activism.- Balancing Within the Context of Brazilian Constitutionalism: The Supremo Tribunal Federal`s Shift to Activism.- The Debate on the Rationality of Balancing: The Aim to Rationalize Balancing Within the Context of the Constitutional Court`s Activism.- When Différance Comes to Light: Balancing Within the Context of Deconstruction.- When Procedures Towards Mutual Understanding Come to Light: Balancing Within the Context of Proceduralism.- The Concept of Limited Rationality: Between Différance and Intersubjectivity: The Concept of Limited Rationality in Constitutional Democracy.- Between Différance and Intersubjectivity: The Concept of Limited Rationality in the Realm of Constitutional Adjudication.
Description / Table of Contents:
On the Limits of Constitutional Adjudication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Part I: German and Brazilian Constitutional Cultures: Constitutional Adjudication and Activism; Chapter 1: An Approach to Decision-Making; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Crucifix Case; 1.3 The Cannabis Case; 1.4 The Ellwanger Case; 1.5 Final Words; Chapter 2: Balancing Within the Context of German Constitutionalism: The Bundesverfassungsgericht´s Shift to Activism; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Balancing Within the Triadic Framework of the Principle of Proportionality: A Brief Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3 The Bundesverfassungsgericht in the Postwar Crisis: The New Representative of the Legal and Social Order2.4 The Bundesverfassungsgericht´s Shift to Activism: From Subjective Rights to Objective Principles and the Consequences in Judicial Review; 2.5 The Constitutional Scholarship Reaction Against the Bundesverfassungsgericht´s Shift to Politics and the Irrationalism of Balancing; 2.6 Final Words; Chapter 3: Balancing Within the Context of Brazilian Constitutionalism: The Supremo Tribunal Federal´s Shift to Activism; 3.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2 The Supremo Tribunal Federal in the Democratization Process: the Federal Constitution of 1988 and the Opening to Activism3.3 Balancing in the Decisions of the Supremo Tribunal Federal: The Quest for Rationality in Decision-Making; 3.4 Final Words; Part II: The Debate on the Rationality of Balancing; Chapter 4: The Aim to Rationalize Balancing Within the Context of Constitutional Courts´ Activism; 4.1 Introduction: The Quest for a Systematization and Rationalization of Balancing; 4.2 Robert Alexy´s Special Case Thesis (Sonderfallthese)
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3 The Quest for the Rationality of Balancing: The Core of Robert Alexy´s Theory of Constitutional Rights4.4 Final Words; Chapter 5: When Différance Comes to Light: Balancing Within the Context of Deconstruction; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Différance and the Political-Legal Realm of Deconstruction; 5.2.1 Jacques Derrida and Différance; 5.2.2 Différance and Constitutional Democracy: The Democracy to Come; 5.2.3 The to Come in the Negotiation Between Constitutionalism and Democracy
Description / Table of Contents:
5.2.4 Différance Within the Context of Decision-Making: The Negotiation Between Law and Justice and the First Insight into Legitimacy5.3 Balancing Within the Context of Différance; 5.3.1 Introduction; 5.3.2 Balancing and the Logos of Correctness-Rationality; 5.3.2.1 Previous Considerations; 5.3.2.2 The First Metaphysics of the Logos of Correctness-Rationality: The Rationality and Correctness of the Analytical-Structural Framework; The Claim to Correctness as a Logos of Correctness; The Claim to Rationality as the Logos of Rationality and the Opening to The Claim to the Other´s Otherness
Description / Table of Contents:
5.3.2.3 The Second Metaphysics of the Logos of Correctness-Rationality: Principles as Optimization Requirements, Principles as Moralizing Principles
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-11434-2
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