On the Limits of Constitutional Adjudication Deconstructing Balancing and Judicial Activism /

• Main Author: Benvindo, Juliano Zaiden. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Law.; Philosophy of law.; Constitutional law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Constitutional Law.; Philosophy of Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11434-2

 Juliano Z. Benvindo investigates the current movement of constitutional courts towards political activism, especially by focusing on the increasing use of the balancing method as a <U+001c>rational justification for this process. From the critical perception of the serious risks of this movement to democracy, the book takes as examples two constitutional realities, Germany and Brazil, in order to discuss the rationality, correctness, and legitimacy of constitutional decisions within this context. Through a dialogue between Jacques Derrida<U+0019>s deconstruction and J<U+00fc>rgen Habermas<U+0019>s proceduralism, the author confronts Robert Alexy<U+0019>s defense of the balancing method as well as those two constitutional realities. This confrontation leads to the introduction of the concept of limited rationality applied to constitutional democracy and constitutional adjudication, which affirms the double bind of history and justice as a condition for a practice of decision-making committed to the principle of separation of powers.