Arendtian Constitutionalism
Subtitle: Law, Politics and the Order of Freedom
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781849465847
Subjects: Arendt, hannah, 1906-1975; Law, philosophy; Human rights; Constitutional law
Description: "The meaning and function of law in Hannah Arendt's work has never been the subject of a systematic reconstruction. This book examines Arendt's work and reconstructs her ideas through political, legal and constitutional theory, and shows that her engagement with law is continuous as well as crucial to an adequate understanding of her political thought. The author argues that Arendt was very much concerned with the question of an adequate arrangement of law, politics and order - the so-called triad of constitutionalism. By adopting this approach, the author suggests an alternative interpretation of Arendt's thought, which sees her as thinker of political order who considers as crucial a stable and free political order in which political struggle and dissent can happen and occur."--Bloomsbury Publishing.