Bustamante Thomas, Fernandes Bernardo. Democratizing Constitutional Law: Perspectives on Legal Theory and the Legitimacy of Constitutionalism. Springer International Publishing,2016. — 327 p.. 2016

This volume critically discusses the relationship between democracy and constitutionalism. It does so with a view to respond to objections raised by legal and political philosophers who are sceptical of judicial review based on the assumption that judicial review is an undemocratic institution. The book builds on earlier literature on the moral justification of the authority of constitutional courts, and on the current attempts to develop a system on “weak judicial review”. Although different in their approach, the chapters all focus on devising institutions, procedures and, in a more abstract way, normative conceptions to democratize constitutional law. These democratizing strategies may vary from a radical objection to the institution of judicial review, to a more modest proposal to justify the authority of constitutional courts in their “deliberative performance” or to create constitutional juries that may be more aware of a community’s constitutional morality than constitutional courts are. The book connects abstract theoretical discussions about the moral justification of constitutionalism with concrete problems, such as the relation between constitutional adjudication and deliberative democracy, the legitimacy of judicial review in international institutions, the need to create new institutions to democratize constitutionalism, the connections between philosophical conceptions and constitutional practices, the judicial review of constitutional amendments, and the criticism on strong judicial review.

Books and textbooks on the discipline Constitutional law:

1. Arkes Hadley. Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution. Regnery Gateway,2023. — 352 p. - 2023 ãîä
2. Bui Ngoc Son, Malagodi Mara (eds.). Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 1: Constitution-Making. Hart Publishing,2023. — 495 p. - 2023 ãîä
3. Babeck Wolfgang, Weber Albrecht. Writing Constitutions. Volume I: Institutions. Springer,2022. — 637 p. - 2022 ãîä
4. Abeyratne Rehan. The Law and Politics of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in Asia. Routledge,2021. — 311 p. - 2021 ãîä
5. Anderson J.N.D.. Changing Law in Developing Countries. Routledge,2021. — 290 p. - 2021 ãîä
6. Ballin Ernst, Schyff Gerhard van der (eds.). European Yearbook of Constitutional Law 2020: The City in Constitutional Law. T.M.C. Asser Press,2021. — 282 p. - 2021 ãîä
7. Belov Martin. Courts and Judicial Activism under Crisis Conditions: Policy Making in a Time of Illiberalism and Emergency Constitutionalism. Routledge,2021. — 224 p. - 2021 ãîä
8. Bofill Hector Lopez. Law, Violence and Constituent Power: The Law, Politics and History of Constitution Making. Routledge,2021. — 270 p. - 2021 ãîä
9. Bartole Sergio. The Internationalisation of Constitutional Law: A View from the Venice Commission. Hart Publishing,2020. — 152 p. - 2020 ãîä
10. Albert Richard, Guruswamy Menaka. Founding Moments in Constitutionalism. Hart Publishing,2019. — 272 p. - 2019 ãîä
11. Albert Richard, Oder Bertil E.. An Unamendable Constitution? Unamendability in Constitutional Democracies. Springer International Publishing,2018. — 389 p. - 2018 ãîä
12. Aziz Sadaf. The Constitution of Pakistan: A Contextual Analysis. Hart Publishing,2018. — 343 p. - 2018 ãîä
13. Bamforth Nicholas, Leyland Peter (eds.). Accountability in the Contemporary Constitution. Oxford University Press,2014. — 425 p. - 2014 ãîä
14. Bomhoff Jacco. Balancing Constitutional Rights: The Origins and Meanings of Postwar Legal Discourse. Cambridge University Press,2014. — 290 p. - 2014 ãîä
15. Burgess Michael (ed.). Constitutional Dynamics in Federal Systems: Sub-National Perspectives. McGill-Queen's University Press,2012. — 352 p. - 2012 ãîä
16. Bhargava Rajeev (ed.). Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution. Oxford University Press,2008. — 441 p. - 2008 ãîä
17. An-Na'im Abdullahi Ahmed. African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam. University of Pennsylvania Press,2006. — 216 p. - 2006 ãîä
18. Anderson Gavin W.. Constitutional Rights after Globalization. Hart Publishing,2005. — 155 p. - 2005 ãîä
19. Cavendish Lawcards. Constitutional Law.4th edition. — London, Sydney, Portland, Oregon: Cavendish Publishing Limited,2004. — 121 p. - 2004 ãîä