Sungmoon Kim

Confucian Constitutionalism

Dignity, Rights, and Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

In Confucian Constitutionalism, Sungmoon Kim presents a constitutional theory of democratic self-government that is normatively appealing and politically practicable in East Asia's historically Confucian societies, which are increasingly pluralist, multicultural, and rights sensitive. While Confucian political theorists are preoccupied with how to build a Confucianism-inspired institution that would make a given polity more meritorious, Kim offers a robust normative theory of Confucian constitutionalism--what he calls "Confucian democratic constitutionalism"--with special attention to value pluralism and moral disagreement. Aiming to contribute to both political theory and comparative law, Confucian Constitutionalism explains how Confucian democratic constitutionalism differs from and improves upon liberal legal constitutionalism, political constitutionalism, and Confucian meritocratic constitutionalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780197630617
• ISBN-10: 0197630618
• Artikelnr.: 67439960

Autorenporträt

Sungmoon Kim is Professor of Political Theory at the City University of Hong Kong where he also serves as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and Director of the Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy. He is the author of five books, including Democracy after Virtue: Toward Pragmatic Confucian Democracy.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Short History of Confucian Constitutionalism
1. Virtue, Dignity, and Constitutional Democracy
2. Beyond the Pluralism Dilemma
3. Disagreement and Public Reason
4. The Meritocratic House and the Dignity of Legislation
5. The Rule of Law and the Place of Rights
6. Judicial Review and Constitutional Dialogue
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index