Bibliograph

Fragile democracies, contested power in the era of constitutional courts, Samuel Issacharoff

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Fragile democracies, contested power in the era of constitutional courts, Samuel Issacharoff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fragile democracies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

897946494

Responsibility statement

Samuel Issacharoff

Series statement

Cambridge studies in election law and democracy

Sub title

contested power in the era of constitutional courts

Table Of Contents

Introduction : The burden of modern democracy -- Part I. Militant democracy -- 1. The American paradox -- 2. The boundaries of democracy -- 3. Types of threats -- 4. Responses to antidemocratic threats -- 5. Judging militant democracy -- Part II. Competitive democracy -- 6. Giving up power -- 7. The promise of constitutional democracy -- 8. Transition in South Africa -- 9. The era of constitutional courts -- 10. The constitutional bargain -- 11. Can law protect democracy? -- 12. Constitutionalism in the time of fragile democracies -- Epilogue : Democratic objectives

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