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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    June 2012
    January 2011
    ISBN:
    9781139151528
    9780521175531
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151528
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    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.47kg, 354 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Political Theory, Philosophy of Social Science, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Social Philosophy and Policy
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    Subjects:
    Political Theory, Philosophy of Social Science, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Social Philosophy and Policy
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    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.

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