Constitutional theocracy / / Ran Hirschl

• Autore: Hirschl Ran
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 342
• Soggetto topico: Constitutional law - Religious aspects; Theocracy - Political aspects
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 The Rise of Constitutional Theocracy -- 2 Constitutional Theocracy in Context -- 3 The Secularist Appeal of Constitutional Law and Courts -- 4 Constitutionalism versus Theocracy -- 5 Courts as Secularizing Agents in the Nontheocratic World -- 6 Yin and Yang? -- Conclusion: “Glocalization”? -- Appendix: Cases and Laws Cited -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this ground-breaking book, renowned constitutional scholar Ran Hirschl describes “constitutional theocracy,” a new, hybrid form of government that has emerged from an overlapping of two parallel trends during the 20th century: the rise in political religion on the one hand and the spread of constitutional forms of government to most countries in the world on the other. Hirschl delivers two blockbuster theses: That in most constitutional theocracies, 1) courts are the primary secular agents of government, and 2) the electorate usually has a choice between a secular party that is against redistribution of wealth and a more theological party that supports redistribution. This last thesis, especially, will be news to many of the book’s American readers, who are accustomed to a theological politics stridently opposed to redistribution.
• Titolo autorizzato: Constitutional theocracy
• ISBN: 9780674264458; 0674264452; 9780674059375; 0674059379
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954777203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II