The Defence of Constitutionalism

Or the Czech Question in Post-National Europe

Jiri Priban (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2018
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic (Verlag)
978-80-246-3423-4 (ISBN)

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More than a century after the publication of Czech politician Tomascaron; Garrigue Masaryk's study The Czech Question, Czech politics instead of the nation's historical struggle for survival and independence has become a pragmatic question of democratic constitutionalism and civility. Originally published in major Czech newspapers, these essays on contemporary European politics demonstrate that this new understanding involves both technical questions of power making and critical questions of its meaning. Democracy, Priban shows, is the process of permanent self-correction. It possesses both the capacity to respond to unexpected problems and crises and intrinsic tensions between principled arguments and everyday administrative processes. Defending constitutionalism, therefore, draws on principles of civil rights and freedoms, limited government, and representative democracy, the validity and persuasive force of which are at stake not only in the Czech Republic, but also in the post-national European Union and our global society at large.

Jiri Priban is professor of law at Cardiff University, United Kingdom. He is the author of numerous books in Czech and English, including, most recently, Sovereignty in Post-Sovereign Society: A Systems Theory of European Constitutionalism. Stuart Hoskins is a translator of Czech and Slovak into English.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.06.2017
Übersetzer	Stuart Hoskins
Verlagsort	Ovocny
Sprache	englisch
Maße	15 x 19 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	80-246-3423-6 / 8024634236
ISBN-13	978-80-246-3423-4 / 9788024634234
Zustand	Neuware