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Public law. Constitutional law --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Public law. --- Political science. --- 321.01 --- 342.2 <41> --- Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- Staatsvormen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 342.2 <41> Staatsvormen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 321.01 Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- Political science --- Public law --- Law --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The

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Central-local government relations --- Local government --- Law and legislation --- -Local government --- -#SBIB:35H1354 --- #SBIB:35H6014 --- #SBIB:003.IO --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Federal government --- -Organisatie en beleid: lokale besturen: Verenigd Koninkrijk --- Bestuur en beleid: nationale en regionale studies: Verenigd Koninkrijk --- #SBIB:35H1354 --- Organisatie en beleid: lokale besturen: Verenigd Koninkrijk

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This work traces the main dimensions of the relationship between central and local government, concentrating upon the role played by law in shaping that relationship. It demonstrates how the issues raised are linked to the system of parliamentary democracy, and to the tradition of public law.

Central-local government relations --- Local government --- Law - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law - Great Britain --- Law and legislation --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Decentralization in government --- Federal government

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A collection of brand new and revised essays from eminent scholar of public law, Martin Loughlin, that systematises his work on political jurisprudence - a school of thought that contends the key to understanding the nature of legal order lies in how political authority is constituted.

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A critical analysis of the transformation of constitutionalism from an increasingly irrelevant theory of limited government into the most influential philosophy of governance in the world today. Constitutionalism is universally commended because it has never been precisely defined. Martin Loughlin argues that it is not some vague amalgam of liberal aspirations but a specific and deeply contentious governing philosophy. An Enlightenment idea that in the nineteenth century became America’s unique contribution to the philosophy of government, constitutionalism was by the mid-twentieth century widely regarded as an anachronism. Advocating separated powers and limited government, it was singularly unsuited to the political challenges of the times. But constitutionalism has since undergone a remarkable transformation, giving the Constitution an unprecedented role in society. Once treated as a practical instrument to regulate government, the Constitution has been raised to the status of civil religion, a symbolic representation of collective unity. Against Constitutionalism explains why this has happened and its far-reaching consequences. Spearheaded by a “rights revolution” that subjects governmental action to comprehensive review through abstract principles, judges acquire greatly enhanced power as oracles of the regime’s “invisible constitution.” Constitutionalism is refashioned as a theory maintaining that governmental authority rests not on collective will but on adherence to abstract standards of “public reason.” And across the world the variable practices of constitutional government have been reshaped by its precepts. Constitutionalism, Loughlin argues, now propagates the widespread belief that social progress is advanced not through politics, electoral majorities, and legislative action, but through innovative judicial interpretation. The rise of constitutionalism, commonly conflated with constitutional democracy, actually contributes to its degradation.

Constitutional law. --- Democracy. --- LAW / Public. --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Constitutional law --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Interpretation and construction --- Constituent Power. --- Germany. --- Global constitutionalism. --- Habermas. --- Hamilton. --- Hayek. --- Heller. --- India. --- Juristocracy. --- Liberalism. --- Madison. --- Montesquieu. --- Nationalism. --- Ordo-liberalism. --- Paine. --- Populism. --- Schmitt. --- The Federalist. --- The rule of law. --- Tocqueville. --- United States.