Law under a Democratic Constitution
Subtitle: Essays in Honour of Jeffrey Goldsworthy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781509920853
Subjects: Constitutional law; Law, interpretation and construction; Constitutional law, australia
Description: "Jeffrey Goldsworthy is a renowned constitutional scholar and legal theorist whose work on the powers of Parliament and the interpretation of constitutional and statute laws has helped shape debates on these topics across the English-speaking world. The importance of democratic constitutionalism is central to Professor Goldsworthy's work: it lies at the heart of his defence of Parliamentary supremacy and shapes his approach to both constitutional and statutory interpretation. In honour of Professor Goldsworthy's retirement, this collection provides new perspectives from a range of leading public law scholars and theorists on the legal and philosophical principles that govern the making and interpretation of laws in a constitutional democracy. It also addresses some of the challenges to democratic constitutionalism that have arisen in light of contemporary developments in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States."--Bloomsbury Publishing.