Philosophy, Law and Culture of Liberal Democracy and the Authoritarian Challenge

Suri Ratnapala (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

425 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-7080-1 (ISBN)

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Liberal democracy is the great legacy of the Enlightenment; it has reduced world poverty, increased life expectancy, enriched lives by every measure of wellbeing and enlarged our moral compass. Yet, external threats to liberal democracy are posed by totalitarian regimes and their allies seeking to remake the world in their image, and internal pressures arise from opposition to liberal principles from the extremities of the ideological spectrum: radicalism on the left and nativist populism on the right. The defence of liberal democracy requires understanding of its foundational principles, epistemological norms, institutional framework, cultural underpinnings and economic settings. This book argues that the defence of liberal democracy against rising authoritarianism is the great moral imperative of our time. This work combines extensive legal analysis with the history and philosophy of liberal constitutionalism, institutional economics and ethical reasoning. It engages with opposing schools of thought, including radical critical theory and authoritarian ideologies of the right. The book is highly instructive on administrative and constitutional law, the epistemology and ethics of political liberalism and the nature and immediacy of the domestic and external threats to liberal democracy and fundamental rights and freedoms.

Suri Ratnapala is Emeritus Professor of Public Law of the University of Queensland, Australia, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. He has taught and published widely in the fields of constitutional law, legal philosophy and constitutional political economy and is the author or co-author of thirteen books and many papers. His awards include the Sir Anthony Fisher Memorial Prize, the Centenary of Australian Federation Medal and the John Templeton Foundation Award for teaching in political, economic and social theory. He has been a consultant with USAID, AusAid, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in the legal sector and a special commissioner with the Australian Law Reform Commission.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-5275-7080-0 / 1527570800
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-7080-1 / 9781527570801
Zustand	Neuware