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The Language of Constitutional Comparison (Hardcover)
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The Language of Constitutional Comparison (Hardcover)
Series: Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law
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In this incisive and thought-provoking book, Francois Venter
illuminates the issues arising from the fact that the current
language of constitutional law is strongly premised on a particular
worldview rooted in the history of the states around the North
Atlantic Ocean. Highlighting how this terminological hegemony is
being challenged from various directions, Venter explores the
problem that all constitutional comparatists face: that they all
must use the same words to express different meanings. Offering a
compact but comprehensive constitutional history, Venter
investigates the ways in which the standard vocabulary does not fit
comfortably in many contemporary constitutional orders, as well as
examining how its cogency is increasingly being questioned.
Chapters contextualize comparative constitutional methods to
demonstrate how the language choices made by comparatists are
shaped by their own perspectives, arguing that careful explanation
of the meanings attached to constitutional terms is imperative in
order to be persuasive or even understood. Tackling the
foundational elements of the field, this book will be a critical
read for constitutional scholars across the globe. It will also be
of interest to high-level practitioners of constitutional law and
political scientists for its investigation of terminology that is
crucial to their work.
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