The Law of Deliberative Democracy

Ron Levy, Graeme Orr (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

239 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-48188-6 (ISBN)

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Laws have colonised most of the corners of political practice, and now substantially determine the process and even the product of democracy. Yet analysis of these laws of politics has been hobbled by a limited set of theories about politics. Largely absent is the perspective of deliberative democracy – a rising theme in political studies that seeks a more rational, cooperative, informed, and truly democratic politics. Legal and political scholarship often view each other in reductive terms. This book breaks through such caricatures to provide the first full-length examination of whether and how the law of politics can match deliberative democratic ideals.

Essential reading for those interested in either law or politics, the book presents a challenging critique of laws governing electoral politics in the English-speaking world. Judges often act as spoilers, vetoing or naively reshaping schemes meant to enhance deliberation. This pattern testifies to deliberation’s weak penetration into legal consciousness. It is also a fault of deliberative democracy scholarship itself, which says little about how deliberation connects with the actual practice of law. Superficially, the law of politics and deliberative democracy appear starkly incompatible. Yet, after laying out this critique, The Law of Deliberative Democracy considers prospects for reform. The book contends that the conflict between law and public deliberation is not inevitable: it results from judicial and legislative choices. An extended, original analysis demonstrates how lawyers and deliberativists can engage with each other to bridge their two solitudes.

Ron Levy is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University, Australia. Graeme Orr is a Professor of Law at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Part I: Introduction 1. Deliberation in a Juridifying World Part II: Foundations 2. Deliberative Democracy and Elections 3. Deliberative Democracy and the Law of Politics Part III: Three Problems in the Law of Deliberative Democracy 4. Liberty V Deliberation 5. Equality V Deliberation 6. Integrity V Deliberation Paty IV: Conclusion 7. Deliberative Democracy as an Holistic Value

Erscheinungsdatum	24.02.2018
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
ISBN-10	1-138-48188-2 / 1138481882
ISBN-13	978-1-138-48188-6 / 9781138481886
Zustand	Neuware