The Defence of Constitutionalism: The Czech Question in Post-national Europe - Couverture souple

Priban, Jiri

 
9788024634234: The Defence of Constitutionalism: The Czech Question in Post-national Europe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8024634236 ISBN 13 : 9788024634234
Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2018

Synopsis

More than a century after the publication of Czech politician Tomás 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, Přibáň 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jiří Přibáň is professor of law at Cardiff University.

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Éditeur
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8024634236
ISBN 13 
9788024634234
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
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Personne responsable
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