Constitution, Democracy and State Power: Institutions of Justice

by Joshua Cohen (Editor), Archon Fung (Editor)

Overview

A just society guarantees its members rights to basic civil liberties protecting the political liberties associated with democratic governance, while ensuring state accountability and responsiveness to citizens. Despite broad agreement on these abstract requirements, the conditions that foster justice, thus understood, are a matter of long-standing controversy in political theory.

This important collection addresses these controversies with over fifty articles on basic political institutions such as the rule of law, judicial review, federalism, separation of powers, freedom of speech, elections and parties, direct democracy, organized social groups, and administrative agencies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852783426
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/1996
Series:	Schools of Thought in Politics series , #7
Pages:	2144
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Joshua Cohen, Stanford University, US and Archon Fung, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, US

Table of Contents

Contents: Volume I: Acknowledgements Part I: The Rule of Law Part II: Protecting Rights Through Judical Review Part III: Federalism and The Separation of Powers Index • Volume II: Acknowledgements Part I: Freedom of Speech as an Instrument of Democracy Part II: Voting, Parties, and Popular Control of Government Index • Volume III: Acknowledgements Part I: Direct Democracy Part II: Group Politics and Democratic Governance Index • Volume IV: Acknowledgements Part I: Democracy, and Administrative Power Part II: Constitutionalism, Democracy and War Powers Part III: Beyond the State Index

Editorial Reviews

'Contemporary political theorists and political scientists have good reasons to compliment Cohen and Fung on compiling this extremely useful and thought provoking set of volumes.'

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