Fragile democracies : contested power in the era of constitutional courts /
Issacharoff, Samuel,
Fragile democracies : contested power in the era of constitutional courts / Samuel Issacharoff, New York University School of Law. - xi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in election law and democracy .
Introduction : The Burden of Modern Democracy -- The American Paradox -- The Boundaries of Democracy -- Types of Threats -- Responses to Antidemocratic Threats -- Judging Militant Democracy -- Giving Up Power -- The Promise of Constitutional Democracy -- Transition in South Africa -- The Era of Constitutional Courts -- The Constitutional Bargain -- Can Law Protect Democracy? -- Constitutionalism in the Time of Fragile Democracies -- Epilogue : Democratic Objectives.
9781107038707 (hbk.) 9781107654549 (pbk.)
Constitutional history.
Democracy.
New democracies.
Constitutional courts.
K3161 / .I845 2015
347.035 / Is74f
Fragile democracies : contested power in the era of constitutional courts / Samuel Issacharoff, New York University School of Law. - xi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in election law and democracy .
Introduction : The Burden of Modern Democracy -- The American Paradox -- The Boundaries of Democracy -- Types of Threats -- Responses to Antidemocratic Threats -- Judging Militant Democracy -- Giving Up Power -- The Promise of Constitutional Democracy -- Transition in South Africa -- The Era of Constitutional Courts -- The Constitutional Bargain -- Can Law Protect Democracy? -- Constitutionalism in the Time of Fragile Democracies -- Epilogue : Democratic Objectives.
9781107038707 (hbk.) 9781107654549 (pbk.)
Constitutional history.
Democracy.
New democracies.
Constitutional courts.
K3161 / .I845 2015
347.035 / Is74f