Law and Society in the Constitutional State: An introduction from J. Elster, L. Kramer and P. Haberle

Within the philosophy of contemporary democracy it is common to findpositions that understand the dawn of modern constitutionalism as thetwilight of democracy and the return to an elitist and aristocratic model ofin which the last word will always be held by a select group of lawyers, eventhough their decision is openly against the majority and, therefore, in hisview, anti-democratic. In that sense, this paper will aim to expose some ofthe contemporary readings in relation to the tensions between democracy ()(people) and Constitution (Constitutional Court), taking into considerationwhat today are perhaps the most influential theories in the global academy. Here will be discussed the theory of constitutional limits Elster, PopularConstitutionalism Kramer, Waldron, and Tushnet, and the theory of theOpen Society Interpreters Peter Häberle.

• Autores: Daniel E. Florez Muñoz; Universidad de Cartagena.
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad del Norte
• Repositorio: Repositorio Uninorte
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:manglar.uninorte.edu.co:10584/3459
• Acceso en línea: http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/derecho/article/view/1414; http://hdl.handle.net/10584/3459
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