Author : Ellen Frankel Paul,Fred D. Miller, Jr,Jeffrey Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139495943
What Should Constitutions Do? by Ellen Frankel Paul,Fred D. Miller, Jr,Jeffrey Paul Pdf
The essays in this volume - written by prominent philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars - address the basic purposes of constitutions and their status as fundamental law. Some deal with specific constitutional provisions: they ask, for example, which branches of government should have the authority to conduct foreign policy, or how the judiciary should be organized, or what role a preamble should play in a nation's founding document. Other essays explore questions of constitutional design: they consider the advantages of a federal system of government, or the challenges of designing a constitution for a pluralistic society - or they ask what form of constitution best promotes personal liberty and economic prosperity.