The Making of Constitutional Democracy

Front matter

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LAW AND PRACTICAL REASON

The Making of Constitutional Democracy

Contents

1. Law, Power, and Political Authority. On the Scope and

Limitations Of thé: Work issesisori seiersen neet eeri ERAR 17 k. nttoducti oMa a a n EA E ENA E EAR 17 Il. Brief Methodological RemarkSisieeicsiiisarcucenianainnnan 19

IV. Politics, Political Power, Political Authority V. From Powers to Power. The Familiar Tale of the Ineluctability

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E E E A E A eee Kelsen on the Relativity of the Distinction between Creation

and Application Of LAW wisiseisixcdesssstccceedeiaececssncecssereatscecrsteaeeeese 216 Creation of Law: Of the Typicality of Legal Rules «00.0... 219 The Principle of Legality as a (Semantic) Meta-norm

The Potential Asymmetry between Norm-following and Notimeap pli catiotivssvccissosncs dissatvecsarientdtiasathissascaatdstateeredeatensdtent 231 Form and Substance. Towards an Analytical Account of Law=-applicatl Off iessiecievisaissessswnccdavecacedesiaueed caviedeadesvamecdcesieatzdents 240 ComcClusiG E E E T E E T 244 PS One Final Objection: Interpretation, Interpretation, literre ao maea A A A AE EE E EAE 245

I Wnttodictionisiciidiitentiiwiasdienianiniianiawienite II. Genealogical Issues. When was the Separation of Powers “Tayented hussein i 262 Ill. A Twofold Meta-theoretical Ambiguity Plaguing the Discussione reae E E teaGeeueteneaieserss 265 IV. The Justificatory Debate. Monism vs Pluralism... eeeeeeeeeeee 271 V. -Critical Approaches eccisssaccesdanseidesasscnsecctsteesandeacdedarsevicsavaniadees 274 VI. The Separation of Powers as a Formal Theory and as a Normative Doctrine. On the Advantages of Maintaining a Strict DISHITICHIOI)..< t.siinsudassuesees debts secant aen E EEE ETEA 277 A. The Formal Theory of the Separation or Division OL POWERS E N E A E O N E A 278 B. A Normative Doctrine of the Organisation of Political Power Based on the Distinction between Law-creation and Law-applicatiGttiesddcisssacecsecsedcacessectececaseaecesiaviceceeertedaens 281 VALS “Comel N E E E E E E E E 287 A a a a E E SE S 288 Td E A E E EE A ES EA 309 xii