Jan-Erik Lane

Constitutions and political theory

Second edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Constitutions and political theory is a concise textbook offering a omprehensive analysis of the principal-agent problematic inherent in all forms of politics. It shows how rule of law institutions come in two forms that restrain opportunism in politics. And it traces the principal-agent perspective back to constitutionalism in political thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780719083303
• ISBN-10: 0719083303
• Artikelnr.: 33265359

Autorenporträt

Jan Erik Lane is Professor at the University of Freiburg

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION: CONSTITUTIONS AND RULE OF LAW - Two Interpretations of "Rule
of Law" SECTION I: CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 1. Two Great Constitutional
Legacies 2. Mini and Maxi Constitutions in the World 3. Constitutional Law
and the Legal Order SECTION II. RULE OF LAW INSTITUTIONS - EMPIRICAL
EVIDENCE 4. Relevance of Rule of Law: Some Outcomes 5. What Enhances Rule
of Law? SECTION III: CONSTITUTIONALISM IN POLITICAL THOUGHT 6. Emergence of
Modern Constitutionalism around 1600 7. The Forerunners of the
Principal-Agent Model of Politics SECTION IV: A PRINCIPAL-AGENT
INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY 8. The Principal-Agent Problem
in Politics 9. Political Leadership: How to Restrain Political Agents
SECTION V. AGENCY AND LEADERSHIP: POLITICAL PARTIES AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
10. Political Parties, Party Government and Remuneration for Agency 11.
Global and Regional Constitutionalism: Constraining the Governments of
States CONCLUDING REMARK: ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLITICS