This volume challenges conventional interpretations by demonstrating that Hans Kelsen was far from being a purely formalist thinker. Instead, it highlights his profound and enduring engagement with the threats facing constitutional democracies. The political and institutional upheavals of interwar Europe significantly influenced Kelsen's evolving vision of democracy, as this volume shows. His contributions to twentieth-century democratic theory include groundbreaking insights into multiparty systems, mechanisms of moderation, minority protections, and judicial review. Furthermore, Kelsen's reflections on the crises and collapses of democracies during the 1930s remain strikingly relevant, offering valuable perspectives on contemporary challenges such as polarisation and populism. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
| ISBN: | 9781009230377 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 2026 |
| Author: | Hans Kelsen |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law |
| Genres: |
Public Law Methods, theory and philosophy of law Legal history Constitutional and administrative law: general |
This volume challenges conventional interpretations by demonstrating that Hans Kelsen was far from being a purely formalist thinker. Instead, it highlights his profound and enduring engagement with the threats facing constitutional democracies. The political and institutional upheavals of interwar Europe significantly influenced Kelsen's evolving vision of democracy, as this volume shows. His contributions to twentieth-century democratic theory include groundbreaking insights into multiparty systems, mechanisms of moderation, minority protections, and judicial review. Furthermore, Kelsen's reflections on the crises and collapses of democracies during the 1930s remain strikingly relevant, offering valuable perspectives on contemporary challenges such as polarisation and populism. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy features in the following genres: Public Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Legal history, Constitutional and administrative law: general
Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy is available in Hardback
Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy was written by Hans Kelsen and published by Cambridge University Press
Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy has 344 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law series
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