Law and Democracy

Tom Campbell, Charles Sturt University, Australia and Adrienne Stone, Australian National University, Australia Contributors: Mortimer Sellers, Keith Ewing, Frank Michelman, Jeremy Waldron, Ronald Dworkin, Robin West, Cass R. Sunstein, Kathryn Adams, Philip Pettit, Jurgen Habermas, Michel Rosenfeld, Tom Campbell, Antonin Scalia, Jeffrey Goldsworthy, Samuel Freeman, John D. Whyte, Peter Russell.

'Campbell and Stone have amassed an impressive collection of authors...As a collection of seminal essays in the realm of western constitutional philosophy, this book is useful.' The Law and Politics Book Review '...a rich collection.' South African Journal on Human Rights

• Contents: General: Republicanism, liberalism and the law, Mortimer Sellers; The politics of the British constitution, K.D. Ewing; Democracy and positive liberty, Frank Michelman; Legislation, authority and voting, Jeremy Waldron. Liberal Legalism: The moral reading, Ronald Dworkin; Taking freedom seriously, Robin West. Republicanism: Beyond the republican revival, Cass R. Sunstein; Law's republicanism, Kathryn Adams; Republican liberty and its constitutional significance, Philip Pettit. Deliberative Democracy: Paradigms of law, Jürgen Habermas; Law as discourse: bridging the gap between democracy and rights, Michel Rosenfeld; Legal positivism and deliberative democracy, Tom Campbell. Democratic Formalism: The rule of law as a law of rules, Antonin Scalia; Justice Scalia's democratic formalism, Cass R. Sunstein; Originalism in constitutional interpretation, Jeffrey Goldsworthy. Judicial Review: Constitutional democracy and the legitimacy of judicial review, Samuel Freeman; Freeman's defense of judicial review, Jeremy Waldron; On not standing for notwithstanding, John D. Whyte; Standing up for notwithstanding, Peter H. Russell; Name index.