The Least Examined Branch: The Role of Legislatures in the Constitutional State - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521859549 ISBN 13: 9780521859547

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Unlike most works in constitutional theory, which focus on the role of the courts, this book addresses the role of legislatures in a regime of constitutional democracy. Bringing together some of the world's leading constitutional scholars and political scientists, the book addresses legislatures in democratic theory, legislating and deliberating in the constitutional state, constitution-making by legislatures, legislative and popular constitutionalism, and the dialogic role of legislatures, both domestically with other institutions and internationally with other legislatures. The book offers theoretical perspectives as well as case studies of several types of legislation from the United States and Canada. It also addresses the role of legislatures both under the Westminster model and under a separation of powers system.

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Book Description

Unlike most works in constitutional theory which focus on the role of the courts, this book addresses the role of legislatures in a regime of constitutional democracy. It offers theoretical perspectives as well as case studies of several types of legislation from the United States and Canada.

About the Author

Richard W. Bauman is Professor of Law at the University of Alberta where he is also Chair of the Management Board of the Centre for Constitutional Studies. He was educated at the University of Alberta, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and the University of Oxford. His most recent book is Ideology and Community in the First Wave of Critical Legal Studies. He has published in law journals in Canada, the US, and South Africa.

Tsvi Kahana is an assistant Professor of Law at Queen's University, Ontario. He has taught courses at the University of Alberta, the University of Toronto, and Tel-Aviv University. His work has been published at The University of Toronto Law Journal, The Journal of Canadian Public Administration, Queen's Law Journal, and The Supreme Court Law Review.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521859549
• ISBN 13: 9780521859547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 616
• Editor: Bauman Richard W., Kahana Tsvi