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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818916203321

Autore

Kis Janos <1943->

Titolo

Constitutional democracy / / by Janos Kis ; translated by Zoltan Miklosi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, c2003

ISBN

9786611268701

9780585464324

1-281-26870-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Liberalism

Constitutional courts - Hungary

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- THE COMMON GOODAND CIVIC VIRTUE -- 1. Liberalism and republicanism -- 2. The preference-aggregating model -- 3. The ethical model: the responsible voter -- 4. The ethical model: the relation between private and communal preferences -- 5. The ethical model: public debate and voting -- 6. On the relation of the two models -- 7. Liberalism and the descriptive claims of the ethical model -- 8. Virtue in politics -- 9. The politics of virtue and personal autonomy -- 10. Concluding remarks -- AGAINST THE COMPROMISE THESIS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The conflict -- 3. Constitutional constraints, constitutional review -- 4. Political equality and rule by the majority -- 5. Equality of votes and equality of voters -- 6. Contractarian theory: the selection of voting rules -- 7. A weakness of contractarian theory -- 8. The typology of preferences -- 9. Filtering the preferences of the contracting parties -- 10. Moral discussion before the contract -- 11. The mandate of the guardians of the constitution -- 12. Summary and restrictions -- CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Interpreting the constitution -- 3. Striking down legislation -- THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST HUNGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT -- 1. The interpretive practice of the Constitutional Court -- 2. Summary and a glance to the future --



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Sommario/riassunto

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