Adrian Vermeule

The Constitution of Risk

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Constitution of Risk is the first book to combine constitutional theory with the theory of risk regulation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781107043725
• ISBN-10: 1107043727
• Artikelnr.: 40048896

Autorenporträt

Adrian Vermeule is John H. Watson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is the author or co-author of seven previous books, most recently The System of the Constitution (2011). He was formerly Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Theory: 1. Precautionary constitutionalism
2. Optimizing constitutionalism: the mature position
Part II. Applications: 3. Checks and balances in the extended republic: the framers' self-defeating precautions
4. The risks of impartiality: on judging in one's own cause
5. The risks of deliberation: second opinions
6. The risks of expertise: political administration and expert groupthink.