There is widespread agreement that democracy today faces unprecedented challenges. Populism has pushed governments in new and surprising constitutional directions. Analysing the constitutional system of illiberal democracies (from Venezuela to Poland) and illiberal phenomena in 'mature democracies' that are justified in the name of 'the will of the people', this book explains that this drift to mild despotism is not authoritarianism, but an abuse of constitutionalism. Illiberal governments claim that they are as democratic and constitutional as any other. They also claim that they are more popular and therefore more genuine because their rule is based on conservative, plebeian and 'patriotic' constitutional and rule of law values rather than the values liberals espouse. However, this book shows that these claims are deeply deceptive - an abuse of constitutionalism and the rule of law, not a different conception of these ideas.
| ISBN: | 9781108948630 |
| Publication date: | 12th August 2021 |
| Author: | András Sajó |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law |
| Genres: |
Law Social and political philosophy Political structures: democracy Legal history Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law Constitutional and administrative law: general |
There is widespread agreement that democracy today faces unprecedented challenges. Populism has pushed governments in new and surprising constitutional directions. Analysing the constitutional system of illiberal democracies (from Venezuela to Poland) and illiberal phenomena in 'mature democracies' that are justified in the name of 'the will of the people', this book explains that this drift to mild despotism is not authoritarianism, but an abuse of constitutionalism. Illiberal governments claim that they are as democratic and constitutional as any other. They also claim that they are more popular and therefore more genuine because their rule is based on conservative, plebeian and 'patriotic' constitutional and rule of law values rather than the values liberals espouse. However, this book shows that these claims are deeply deceptive - an abuse of constitutionalism and the rule of law, not a different conception of these ideas.
Ruling by Cheating features in the following genres: Law, Social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Legal history, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Constitutional and administrative law: general
Ruling by Cheating is available in Paperback
Ruling by Cheating was written by András Sajó and published by Cambridge University Press
Ruling by Cheating has 352 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law series
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