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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782604703321

Autore

Breslin Beau <1966->

Titolo

The communitarian constitution [[electronic resource] /] / Beau Breslin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006, c2004

ISBN

0-8018-9223-6

1-4356-9218-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

342./001

Soggetti

Constitutional law - Philosophy

Separation of powers

Public interest

Common good

Constitutional law - United States - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : communitarianism, constitutional visions and the anti-federalist legacy -- Theoretical and prescriptive foundations : the liberal-communitarian debate -- Participation, consensus and the common good : constructing a communitarian polity -- The constitutionalist challenge to American communitarianism -- Communitarian democracy : in tension with constitutional theory? -- Mixed constitutionalism and the communitarian hope -- Conclusion : the enduring constitutional debate.