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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132292403321

Autore

Patmore Glenn

Titolo

Law and democracy : contemporary questions / / edited by Glenn Patmore and Kim Rubenstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2014

Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-925022-06-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 174 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

320.994

Soggetti

Constitutional law - Australia

Democracy - Australia

Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica

Law - Non-U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Australia Politics and government Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Law and Democracy : Contemporary Questions / Glenn Patmore and Kim Rubenstein -- Democracy and the Constitution : The People Deciding the Identity of 'the people' / Elisa Arcioni --  Thick and Thin Citizenship as Measures of Australian Democracy / Kim Rubenstein and Niamh Lenagh-Maguire -- The Right to Participate : Revisiting Roach and Rowe / Glenn Patmore --Ministerial Advisers : Democracy and Accountability / Yee-Fui Ng -- Applied Law Schemes and Responsible Government : Some Issues / Joe Edwards -- Ritual in the Law of Electoral Democracy / Graeme Orr -- Performing Citizenship, Embodying Obedience / Anne Macduff -- People You Might Know : Social Media in the Conflict Between Law and Democracy / Stephen Tully.

Sommario/riassunto

Law and Democracy: Contemporary Questions provides a fresh understanding of law’s regulation of Australian democracy. The book enriches public law scholarship, deepening and challenging the current conceptions of law’s regulation of popular participation and legal



representation. The book raises and addresses a number of contemporary questions about legal institutions, principles and practices: How should the meaning of ‘the people’ in the Australian Constitution be defined by the High Court of Australia? How do developing judicial conceptions of democracy define citizenship? What is the legal right to participate in the political community? Should political advisors to Ministers be subject to legal accountability mechanisms? What challenges do applied law schemes pose to notions of responsible government and how can they be best addressed? How can the study of the ritual of electoral politics in Australia and other common law countries supplement the standard account of democracy? How might the ritual of the pledge of Australian citizenship limit or enhance democratic participation? What is the conflict between legal restrictions of freedom of expression and democracy, and the role of social media? Examining the regulation of democracy, this book scrutinises the assumptions and scope of constitutional democracy and enhances our understanding of the frontiers of accountability and responsible government. In addition, key issues of law, culture and democracy are revealed in their socio-legal context. The book brings together emerging and established scholars and practitioners with expertise in public law. It will be of interest to those studying law, politics, cultural studies and contemporary history.