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Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?

Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?

Author: Vicki C. Jackson; Yasmin Dawood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009158534
Published In: October 2022
Format: Hardback
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Nations around the world are facing various crises of ineffective government. Basic governmental functions—protecting rights, preventing violence, and promoting material well-being—are compromised, leading to declines in general welfare, in the enjoyment of rights, and even in democracy itself. This innovative collection, featuring analyses by leaders in the fields of constitutional law and politics, highlights the essential role of effective government in sustaining democratic constitutionalism. The book explores “effective government” as a right, principle, duty, and interest, situating questions of governance in debates about negative and positive constitutionalism. In addition to providing new conceptual approaches to the connections between rights and governance, the volume also provides novel insights into government institutions, including courts, legislatures, executives, and administrative bodies, as well as the media and political parties. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in constitutionalism, comparative law, governance, democracy, the rule of law, and rights.

Introduction:

1. 'To secure these Rights': Constitutionalism and effective Government

Vicki C. Jackson and Yasmin Dawood

Part I. What are Constitutions for?:

2. Resolution and accommodation in the good constitution

Nicholas Barber

3. Effective governance and the social dimension of the rule of law

Jeff King

4. Effective government and the two faces of constitutionalism

Yasmin Dawood

5. The right to effective self-government

Katharina Pistor

Part II. Positive Rights and Rights to Effective Self-Government:

6. Post-liberal constitutionalism and the right to effective government

David S. Law

7. Does the first amendment forbid, permit, or require government support of News Industries?

Martha Minow

8. The 'Right to effective governance' and the Human rights baseline

Gerald L. Neuman

Part III. Role of Courts in Building State Capacity and Promoting Effective Self-Government While Protecting Rights:

9. The unconstitutional state of affairs doctrine

Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa and Guillermo Otálora Lozano

10. Courts and effective governance

Mark Tushnet and Madhav Khosla

11. The new Managerialism: Courts, Positive duties, and Economic and Social Rights

Katharine G. Young

Part IV. The Essential Roles of Executive and Administrative Constitutionalism:

12. What does effective government have to do with the constitution?

Gillian E. Metzger

13. The president's two bodies

Daphna Renan

Part V. Legislatures, Representation and Duties of Effective Self-Government?:

14. Legislatures and effective government: Raising expectations for representatives

Vicki C. Jackson

15. Constitutional directives and the duty to govern well

Tarunabh Khaitan

16. Recursive representation: The basic idea

Jane Mansbridge

Part VI. Politics, Sociology, Media, and Corruption as Contexts for Constitutionalism and Governance:

17. Can constitutions fix party system breakdowns? A Skeptical view

David Landau

18. Political fragmentation and the decline of effective government

Richard H. Pildes

19. Constitutionalism and public corruption: An introductory sketch

Matthew C. Stephenson

Index

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