Democracy and Legal Change (Hardcover)

Since ancient Athens, democrats have taken pride in their power and inclination to change their laws, yet they have also sought to counter this capacity by creating immutable laws. In Democracy and Legal Change, Melissa Schwartzberg argues that modifying law is a fundamental and attractive democratic activity. Against those who would defend the use of ??entrenchment clauses?? to protect key constitutional provisions from revision, Schwartzberg seeks to demonstrate historically the strategic and even unjust purposes unamendable laws have typically served, and to highlight the regrettable consequences that entrenchment may have for democracies today. Drawing on historical evidence, classical political thought, and contemporary constitutional and democratic theory, Democracy and Legal Change reexamines the relationship between democracy and the rule of law from a new, and often surprising, set of vantage points.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy
Release date:	April 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Melissa Schwartzberg
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-86652-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	0-521-86652-9
Barcode:	9780521866521

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