The Methodology of Constitutional Theory (Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory) - Hardcover

Dimitrios Kyritsis; Stuart Lakin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509933840 ISBN 13: 9781509933846

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

What sort of methods are best suited to understanding constitutional doctrines and practices? Should we look to lawyers and legal methods alone, or should we draw upon other disciplines such as history, sociology, political theory, and moral philosophy? Should we study constitutions in isolation or in a comparative context? To what extent must constitutional methods be sensitive to empirical data about the functioning of legal practice? Can ideal theory aid our understanding of real constitutions?

This volume brings together constitutional experts from around the world to address these types of questions through topical events and challenges such as Brexit, administrative law reforms, and the increasing polarisations in law, politics, and constitutional scholarship. Importantly, it investigates the ways in which we can ensure that constitutional scholars do not talk past each other despite their persistent - and often fierce - disagreements. In so doing, it aims systematically to re-examine the methodology of constitutional theory.

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About the Authors

Dimitrios Kyritsis is Reader at the University of Essex, UK.

Stuart Lakin is Associate Professor at the University of Reading, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509933840
• ISBN 13: 9781509933846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Dimitrios Kyritsis, Stuart Lakin