{"product_id":"fragile-democracies-contested-power-in-the-era-of-constitutional-courts-hardback-9781107038707","title":"Fragile Democracies; Contested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts (Hardback) 9781107038707","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFragile Democracies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines how constitutional courts can support weak democratic states in the wake of societal division and authoritarian regimes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamuel Issacharoff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107038707, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Samuel Issacharoff's new book is a major contribution to a burgeoning literature on the ways in which courts can protect and improve what the author calls 'fragile democracies' … an ambitious and wide-ranging achievement, and one that will guide the direction of work on judicial role in non-consolidated democracies for years to come.' David E. Landau, International Journal of Constitutional Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTwenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the democratic ascendency of the post-Soviet era is under severe challenge. While fragile democracies in Eastern Europe, Africa, and East Asia face renewed threats, the world has witnessed the failed democratic promises of the Arab Spring. What lessons can be drawn from these struggles? What conditions or institutions are needed to prevent the collapse of democracy? This book argues that the most significant antidote to authoritarianism is the presence of strong constitutional courts. Distinct in the third wave of democratization, these courts serve as a bulwark against vulnerability to external threats as well as internal consolidation of power. Particular attention is given to societies riven by deep divisions of race, religion, or national background, for which the courts have become pivotal actors in allowing democracy to take root.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the burden of modern democracy\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Militant Democracy: 1. The American paradox\u003cbr\u003e 2. The boundaries of democracy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Types of threats\u003cbr\u003e 4. Responses to antidemocratic threats\u003cbr\u003e 5. Judging militant democracy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Competitive Democracy: 6. Giving up power\u003cbr\u003e 7. The promise of constitutional democracy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Transition in South Africa\u003cbr\u003e 9. The era of constitutional courts\u003cbr\u003e 10. The constitutional bargain\u003cbr\u003e 11. Can law protect democracy?\u003cbr\u003e 12. Constitutionalism in the time of fragile democracies\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: democratic objectives.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Comparative law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20law%20%5BLAM%5D%22\"\u003eLAM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265535594776,"sku":"9781107038707","price":49.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107038707i.jpg?v=1692023991","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fragile-democracies-contested-power-in-the-era-of-constitutional-courts-hardback-9781107038707","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}