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Research Handbook on the Politics of Constitutional Law
This Research Handbook deals with the politics of constitutional law around the world, using both comparative and political analysis, delivering global treatment of the politics of constitutional law across issues, regions and legal systems. Offering an innovative, critical approach to an array of key concepts and topics, this book will be a key resource for legal scholars and political science scholars. Students with interests in law and politics, constitutions, legal theory and public policy will also find this a beneficial companion.
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Constitutional law is a ‘semi-autonomous’ discipline, where texts and doctrines are completely and complexly intertwined with the political systems within which constitutional law is found. This timely Research Handbook develops the idea that understanding constitutional law means understanding constitutional politics as well.
Using both comparative and political analysis, this forward-looking reference work deals with the politics of constitutional law around the world, delivering global treatment of the politics of constitutional law across issues, regions and legal systems. The chapters are meticulously organised around ‘foundations’, ‘structures’, ‘rights’ and ‘futures’, providing a well-rounded overview of the topic and noting the key recent developments in the field. The distinction between law and politics is of course a contested one and the selection of prominent established and emerging scholars and contributors to this Handbook implicitly offer varying perspectives on it.
Offering an innovative, critical approach to an array of key concepts and topics, this book will be a key resource for both legal scholars and political science scholars. Students with interests in law and politics, constitutions, legal theory and public policy will also find this a beneficial companion.
Using both comparative and political analysis, this forward-looking reference work deals with the politics of constitutional law around the world, delivering global treatment of the politics of constitutional law across issues, regions and legal systems. The chapters are meticulously organised around ‘foundations’, ‘structures’, ‘rights’ and ‘futures’, providing a well-rounded overview of the topic and noting the key recent developments in the field. The distinction between law and politics is of course a contested one and the selection of prominent established and emerging scholars and contributors to this Handbook implicitly offer varying perspectives on it.
Offering an innovative, critical approach to an array of key concepts and topics, this book will be a key resource for both legal scholars and political science scholars. Students with interests in law and politics, constitutions, legal theory and public policy will also find this a beneficial companion.
Critical Acclaim
‘The separation of law and politics, long a staple of both popular and jurisprudential commentary, has for some time been exposed as a potentially harmful fiction that often obscures the essence of the legal process. Rarely, however, has this essence been so comprehensively explored, and with such breadth of coverage, as it is in this splendid volume. Tushnet and Kochenov have masterfully curated this vitally needed collection, dispelling any remaining argument for the idea that there is something oxymoronic in the practice of constitutional politics. In so doing, they have provided a compendium of groundbreaking work that will open multiple pathways for further scholarly investigation.’
– Gary Jacobsohn, University of Texas at Austin, US
‘The law-politics distinction is at once fluid, hard to define and yet crucial to our understanding of constitutional law. This Research Handbook brings together a dazzling array of constitutional thinkers to explore this distinction and in doing so offers valuable insights about constitutional law and politics in a range of jurisdictions world wide. Methodologically and thematically eclectic in scope, it promises to be an essential reference for constitutional lawyers, political scientists and theorists for many years to come.’
– Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, Australia
– Gary Jacobsohn, University of Texas at Austin, US
‘The law-politics distinction is at once fluid, hard to define and yet crucial to our understanding of constitutional law. This Research Handbook brings together a dazzling array of constitutional thinkers to explore this distinction and in doing so offers valuable insights about constitutional law and politics in a range of jurisdictions world wide. Methodologically and thematically eclectic in scope, it promises to be an essential reference for constitutional lawyers, political scientists and theorists for many years to come.’
– Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, Australia
Contributors
Contributors include: Dariusz Adamski, Petra Bárd, Elena Basheska, Mariam Begadze, Violeta Beširević, Paul Blokker, Benjamin Broman, Bojan Bugarič, Adam Chilton, Nóra Chronowski, Paul Craig, Zoltán Fleck, Sarah Ganty, Roberto Gargarella, Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Juan F. González Bertomeu, Tamás Győrfi, Benedikt C. Harzl, Matthew R. Hassall, Margot Horspool, Dimitry V. Kochenov, David Kosař, Martin Krygier, David Law, Peter L. Lindseth, Anna Lukina, Audrey Macklin, Tokujin Matsudaira, Aistė Mickonytė, Julie Novkov, Zoran Oklopčić, Victor V. Ramraj, Aziz F. Rana, Christopher Ritter, Suryapratim Roy, András Sajó, Rahul Sambaraju, Kamala Sankaran, Katarína Šipulová, Franita Tolson, Ioanna Tourkochoriti, Alina Tryfonidou, Mark Tushnet, Georg Vanberg, Jacquelyn D. Veraldi, Mila Versteeg
