| Autore |
Kis Janos <1943->
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, c2003
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (340 p.)
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| Disciplina |
321.8
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| Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Liberalism
Constitutional courts - Hungary
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| ISBN |
9786611268701
9780585464324
1-281-26870-4
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| 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 -- Index.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818916203321 |
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Constitutional democracy / / by Janos Kis ; translated by Zoltan Miklosi
