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The Judge as Political Theorist: Contemporary Constitutional Review


ISBN13: 9780691144047
Published: July 2010
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: USA
Format: Paperback
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The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief executive, or even the ordinary judge. Rather, constitutional judges spell out to society the implications - on the ground - of the moral and practical commitments embodied in the nation's constitution. Constitutional review, in other words, is a form of applied political theory.

Robertson takes an in-depth look at constitutional decision making in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Canada, and South Africa, with comparisons throughout to the United States, where constitutional review originated. He also tackles perhaps the most vexing problem in constitutional law today - how and when to limit the rights of citizens in order to govern. As traditional institutions of moral authority have lost power, constitutional judges have stepped into the breach, radically altering traditional understandings of what courts can and should do.

Robertson demonstrates how constitutions are more than mere founding documents laying down the law of the land, but increasingly have become statements of the values and principles a society seeks to embody. Constitutional judges, in turn, see it as their mission to transform those values into political practice and push for state and society to live up to their ideals.

Subjects:
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Contents:
Preface
Chapter One: The Nature and Function of Judicial Review
Chapter Two: Germany: Dignity and Democracy
Chapter Three: Eastern Europe: (Re)Establishing the Rule of Law
Chapter Four: France: Purely Abstract Review
Chapter Five: Canada: Imposing Rights on the Common Law
Chapter Six: South Africa: Defining a New Society
Chapter Seven: Tests of Unconstitutionality and Discrimination
Chapter Eight: Conclusions: Constitutional Jurists as Political Theorists

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Bibliography
Index