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024	7		_a10.1515/9781400836871 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9781400836871
035			_a(DE-B1597)446833
035			_a(OCoLC)979623958
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aRobertson, David _eautore
245	1	4	_aThe Judge as Political Theorist : _bContemporary Constitutional Review / _cDavid Robertson.
250			_aCourse Book
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2010]
264		4	_c©2010
300			_a1 online resource (432 p.) : _b3 tables.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tPreface -- _tChapter One. The Nature and Function of Judicial Review -- _tChapter Two. Germany: Dignity and Democracy -- _tChapter Three. Eastern Europe: (Re)Establishing the Rule of Law -- _tChapter Four. France: Purely Abstract Review -- _tChapter Five. Canada: Imposing Rights on the Common Law -- _tChapter Six. South Africa: Defining a New Society -- _tChapter Seven. Tests of Unconstitutionality and Discrimination -- _tChapter Eight. Conclusions: Constitutional Jurists as Political Theorists -- _tCases Cited -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThe Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief executive, or even the ordinary judge. Rather, constitutional judges spell out to society the implications--on the ground--of the moral and practical commitments embodied in the nation's constitution. Constitutional review, in other words, is a form of applied political theory. Robertson takes an in-depth look at constitutional decision making in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Canada, and South Africa, with comparisons throughout to the United States, where constitutional review originated. He also tackles perhaps the most vexing problem in constitutional law today--how and when to limit the rights of citizens in order to govern. As traditional institutions of moral authority have lost power, constitutional judges have stepped into the breach, radically altering traditional understandings of what courts can and should do. Robertson demonstrates how constitutions are more than mere founding documents laying down the law of the land, but increasingly have become statements of the values and principles a society seeks to embody. Constitutional judges, in turn, see it as their mission to transform those values into political practice and push for state and society to live up to their ideals.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650		0	_aConstitutional courts.
650		0	_aJudicial review.
650		0	_aPolitical questions and judicial power.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400836871
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400836871
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