The language of liberal constitutionalism自由主义宪政原则语言

2007-2  

Cambridge Univ Pr  

Schweber, Howard  

386  

This book explores two basic questions regarding constitutional theory. Firstly, how is the creation of a legitimate constitutional regime possible? Second, what must be true about a constitution if the regime that it supports is to retain its claim to legitimacy?

Howard Schweber is associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin，Madison. He is the author of The Creation of American Common Law，1850-1880 and Speech，Conduct，and the First Amendment，as well as book chapters and articles in

Introduction1 The Search for Sovereignty: Law, Language, and the Beginnings of Modern Constitutionalism2 Consent How? Challenges to Lockean Constitutionalism3 Constitutional Language and the Possibility of Binding Commitments4 Consent to What? Exclusivity and Completeness in Constitutional and Legal Language5 The Question of Substance: Morality, Law, and Constitutional Legitimacy6 The Defense of Constitutional LanguageBibliographyIndex

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