
Questioning the Foundations of Public Law
Hart Publishing
Published on 17. May 2018
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-5099-1167-7 (ISBN)
Description
In 2010, Martin Loughlin, Professor of Public Law at the LSE, published Foundations of Public Law, 'an account of the foundation of the discipline of public law with a view to identifying its essential character'. The book has become a landmark in the field, and it has been said, notably by one of its major critics, that it now provides the 'starting point' for any deeper inquiry into the subject. The purpose of this volume is to engage critically with Foundations - conceptually, comparatively and historically - from the viewpoints of public law, private law, political, social and legal theory, as well as jurisdictional perspectives including the UK, US, India, and Continental Europe. Scholars also consider the legacy and continuing relevance of Foundations in the light of developments in transnational law, global law and regional integration in the European Union.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Hardback (stationery)
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
Weight
712 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-1167-7 (9781509911677)
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Persons
Michael A Wilkinson is Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Michael W Dowdle is Associate Professor of Law at National University Singapore.
Michael W Dowdle is Associate Professor of Law at National University Singapore.
Editor
London School of Economics and Political Science
University Singapore
Content
Part I: Introducing the Foundations of Public Law
1. Questioning the Foundations of Public Law and Questioning Foundations of Public Law
Michael A Wilkinson and Michael W Dowdle
2. Political Jurisprudence
Martin Loughlin
Part II: The Methodological Critique
3. Questioning a Uniform Concept of Public Law
Andrew Halpin
4. The Tragic Politics of Public Law
Panu Minkkinen
5. Immanence and Irreconcilability: On the Character of Public Law as Political Jurisprudence
Jacco Bomhoff
Part III: The Normative Critique
6. Concrete Order Formation or Rational Will Formation? Constituent Power as the Ratio of Voluntas
Hauke Brunkhorst
7. Private Law, Potentia and the Ethical: On What Justification Does the State Coercively Tax its Subjects in Order to Build Bridges, Fund the BBC, and Subsidise Charities?
James Penner
8. A Conventional Narrative: The Rhetorical Shape of Foundations of Public Law
Anna Yeatman
9. Foundations of Public Law and Postnational Constitutionalism
Neil Walker
Part IV: The Material Critique
10. Putting Public Law in its Place: State-Theoretical Comments on Foundations of Public Law
Bob Jessop
11. The Materiality of Political Jurisprudence
Marco Goldoni
12. Public Law and the Autonomy of the Political: A Material Critique
Michael A Wilkinson
Part V: The Comparative Critique
13. Foundations of Public Law: A View from the United States
Mark Tushnet
14. The Elusive Quest for Community: The Making of Political Identity in Modern Indian Constitutionalism
Mathew John
15. Uncovering the Foundations of Administrative Law?
Denis Baranger
Part VI: The Response
16. Excavating Foundations
Martin Loughlin
Bibliography ...........................................................................................................................277
Index ......................................................................................................................................291
1. Questioning the Foundations of Public Law and Questioning Foundations of Public Law
Michael A Wilkinson and Michael W Dowdle
2. Political Jurisprudence
Martin Loughlin
Part II: The Methodological Critique
3. Questioning a Uniform Concept of Public Law
Andrew Halpin
4. The Tragic Politics of Public Law
Panu Minkkinen
5. Immanence and Irreconcilability: On the Character of Public Law as Political Jurisprudence
Jacco Bomhoff
Part III: The Normative Critique
6. Concrete Order Formation or Rational Will Formation? Constituent Power as the Ratio of Voluntas
Hauke Brunkhorst
7. Private Law, Potentia and the Ethical: On What Justification Does the State Coercively Tax its Subjects in Order to Build Bridges, Fund the BBC, and Subsidise Charities?
James Penner
8. A Conventional Narrative: The Rhetorical Shape of Foundations of Public Law
Anna Yeatman
9. Foundations of Public Law and Postnational Constitutionalism
Neil Walker
Part IV: The Material Critique
10. Putting Public Law in its Place: State-Theoretical Comments on Foundations of Public Law
Bob Jessop
11. The Materiality of Political Jurisprudence
Marco Goldoni
12. Public Law and the Autonomy of the Political: A Material Critique
Michael A Wilkinson
Part V: The Comparative Critique
13. Foundations of Public Law: A View from the United States
Mark Tushnet
14. The Elusive Quest for Community: The Making of Political Identity in Modern Indian Constitutionalism
Mathew John
15. Uncovering the Foundations of Administrative Law?
Denis Baranger
Part VI: The Response
16. Excavating Foundations
Martin Loughlin
Bibliography ...........................................................................................................................277
Index ......................................................................................................................................291