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Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy

Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy

by Sandrine Baume
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/12/2012

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Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy is a contextual analysis of this famous jurist's political thought. Kelsen's works is usually reduced to his theory of law, and his reflections on democracy are often ignored. The great strength of Kelsen's political thinking lies in the largely original arguments that it musters against the critics who condemn or debunk the institutions of parliamentary democracies. This study assesses Kelsenian democratic theory by exploring three questions: first, how is Kelsen's political theory intertwined with his legal theory? Second, how does Kelsen combine his reflections on the democratic ideal with his appreciation of a reality that more often than not quite distant from that ideal? Third, how does Kelsen conceives of the sources of the state's cohesion in a democracy? Hans Kelsen has long deserved greater anglophone recognition for his profound and distinctive perspective on democracy. Sandrine Baume's scholarly and readable book is straightforwardly the best work written about Kelsen's defence of democracy to date.Her nuanced emphasis on Kelsen's defence of toleration, autonomy and compromise as constitutive elements of the democratic process make Kelsen relevant to any discussion of constitutionalism, every philosophy of law, and all critiques of autocracy.
Richard Whatmore, Professor of Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought, University of Sussex.
ISBN:
9781907301247
9781907301247
Category:
Political structure & processes
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-12-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
ECPR Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
90
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x4mm
Weight:
0.07kg

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