The Political Dimension of Constitutional Law
This book discusses in what sense constitutional law has a political dimension, raising the question whether constitutional law is fundamentally political as to its validity, terms of its origin, conceptual structure and/or corresponding practice. It also
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olitical Dimension of Constitutional Law
The Political Dimension of Constitutional Law
Miguel Nogueira de Brito • Luís Pereira Coutinho Editors
The Political Dimension of Constitutional Law
Editors Miguel Nogueira de Brito School of Law University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
Luís Pereira Coutinho School of Law University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
ISBN 978-3-030-38458-6 ISBN 978-3-030-38459-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38459-3
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miguel Nogueira de Brito and Luís Pereira Coutinho Part I
Fundamental Law
Fundamental Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin Loughlin Expanding Legality and Losing Fundamental Law: On Martin Loughlin’s Dualist Conception of Public Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miguel Nogueira de Brito Part II
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A Political-Theological Dimension
Decision and Legal Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul W. Kahn An Alternative Political Theology: The Negative and Anticipatory Significance of the Constitutive Concepts of Constitutional Law . . . . . . . Luís Pereira Coutinho Part III
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Political Constitutional Law
Informal Constitutional Change and Political Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manon Altwegg-Boussac
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“Liquid Constitutions” and Their Informal Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Carlos Blanco de Morais
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Part IV
Contents
The Problem of European “Constitutional Law”
A Functional Alternative to Political Right:
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