Expounding the constitution essays in constitutional theory /

• Other Authors: Huscroft, Grant.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• Subjects: Judicial review.; Constitutional law.; LAW > Judicial Power.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

This book addresses key issues in contemporary constitutional theory, including the nature of interpretation of bills of rights and the legitimacy and justification of judicial review.

Table of Contents:

• What does constitutional interpretation interpret? / Steven D. Smith
• Do judges reason morally? / Jeremy Waldron
• Constitutional morality and bills of rights / W.J. Waluchow
• Justification and rights limitations / Bradley W. Miller
• Constitutions, judicial review, moral rights, and democracy : disentangling the issues / Larry Alexander
• The incoherencies of constitutional positivism / David Dyzenhaus
• The travails of Justice Waldron / James Allan
• Deference or defiance? : the limits of the judicial role in constitutional adjudication / Aileen Kavanagh
• Constitutional justice and the concept of law / T.R.S. Allan
• Written constitutions and unwritten constitutionalism / Mark D. Walters
• Unwritten constitutional principles / Jeffrey Goldsworthy.