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Reconsidering Constitutional Formation II Decisive Constitutional Normativity - From Old Liberties to New Precedence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018) Loot Price: R2,121
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Reconsidering Constitutional Formation II Decisive Constitutional Normativity - From Old Liberties to New Precedence...

Reconsidering Constitutional Formation II Decisive Constitutional Normativity - From Old Liberties to New Precedence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

Ulrike Mussig

Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice, 12

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This second volume of ReConFort, published open access, addresses the decisive role of constitutional normativity, and focuses on discourses concerning the legal role of constitutional norms. Taken together with ReConFort I (National Sovereignty), it calls for an innovative reassessment of constitutional history drawing on key categories to convey the legal nature of the constitution itself (national sovereignty, precedence, justiciability of power, judiciary as constituted power). In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, constitutional normativity began to complete the legal fixation of the entire political order. This juridification in one constitutional text resulted in a conceptual differentiation from ordinary law, which extends to alterability and justiciability. The early expressions of this 'new order of the ages' suggest an unprecedented and irremediable break with European legal tradition, be it with British colonial governance or the French ancien regime. In fact, while the shift to constitutions as a hierarchically 'higher' form of positive law was a revolutionary change, it also drew upon old liberties. The American constitutional discourse, which was itself heavily influenced by British common law, in turn served as an inspiration for a variety of constitutional experiments - from the French Revolution to Napoleon's downfall, in the halls of the Frankfurt Assembly, on the road to a unified Italy, and in the later theoretical discourse of twentieth-century Austria. If the constitution states the legal rules for the law-making process, then its Kelsian primacy is mandatory. Also included in this volume are the French originals and English translations of two vital documents. The first - Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes' Du Jury Constitutionnaire (1795) - highlights an early attempt to reconcile the democratic values of the French Revolution with the pragmatic need to legally protect the Revolution. The second - the 1812 draft of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland - presents the 'constitutional propaganda' of the Russian Tsar Alexander I to bargain for the support of the Lithuanian and Polish nobility. These documents open new avenues of research into Europe's constitutional history: one replete with diverse contexts and national experiences, but above all an overarching motif of constitutional decisiveness that served to complete the juridification of sovereignty. (www.reconfort.eu)

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice, 12
Release date: June 2018
First published: 2018
Editors: Ulrike Mussig
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 419
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-73036-3
Categories: Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history
Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
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LSN: 3-319-73036-3
Barcode: 9783319730363

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