Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy write by Brian Christopher Jones. This book was released on 2020-06-26. Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy investigates the increasingly important subject of constitutional idolatry and its effects on democracy. Focussed around whether the UK should draft a single written constitution, it suggests that constitutions have been drastically and persistently over-sold throughout the years, and that their wider importance and effects are not nearly as significant as constitutional advocates maintain. Chapters analyse whether written constitutions can educate the citizenry, invigorate voter turnout, or deliver ‘We the People’ sovereignty.
Constitutional Redemption
Constitutional Redemption - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Constitutional Redemption write by J. M. Balkin. This book was released on 2011-05-09. Constitutional Redemption available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Political constitutions are compromises with injustice. What makes the U.S. Constitution legitimate is Americans’ faith that the constitutional system can be made “a more perfect union.” Balkin argues that the American constitutional project is based in hope and a narrative of shared redemption, and its destiny is still over the horizon.
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry write by Michael Ignatieff. This book was released on 2011-12-28. Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, this revolution has brought the world moral progress and broken the nation-state's monopoly on the conduct of international affairs. But it has also faced challenges. Ignatieff argues that human rights activists have rightly drawn criticism from Asia, the Islamic world, and within the West itself for being overambitious and unwilling to accept limits. It is now time, he writes, for activists to embrace a more modest agenda and to reestablish the balance between the rights of states and the rights of citizens. Ignatieff begins by examining the politics of human rights, assessing when it is appropriate to use the fact of human rights abuse to justify intervention in other countries. He then explores the ideas that underpin human rights, warning that human rights must not become an idolatry. In the spirit of Isaiah Berlin, he argues that human rights can command universal assent only if they are designed to protect and enhance the capacity of individuals to lead the lives they wish. By embracing this approach and recognizing that state sovereignty is the best guarantee against chaos, Ignatieff concludes, Western nations will have a better chance of extending the real progress of the past fifty years. Throughout, Ignatieff balances idealism with a sure sense of practical reality earned from his years of travel in zones of war and political turmoil around the globe. Based on the Tanner Lectures that Ignatieff delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values in 2000, the book includes two chapters by Ignatieff, an introduction by Amy Gutmann, comments by four leading scholars--K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher--and a response by Ignatieff.
Constitutional Violence
Constitutional Violence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Constitutional Violence write by Antoni Abat i Ninet. This book was released on 2014-08-20. Constitutional Violence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Western political systems tend to be 'constitutional democracies', dividing the system into a domain of politics, where the people rule, and a domain of law, set aside for a trained elite. Antoni Abat i Ninet strives to resolve these apparently exclusive
Sovereignty in Action
Sovereignty in Action - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sovereignty in Action write by Bas Leijssenaar. This book was released on 2019-07-18. Sovereignty in Action available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sovereignty, originally the figure of 'sovereign', then the state, today meets new challenges of globalization and privatization of power.
