Liberal Constitutionalism and its Contemporary Challenges (AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice, 12, Band 12) - Hardcover

 
9783031536014: Liberal Constitutionalism and its Contemporary Challenges (AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice, 12, Band 12)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3031536010 ISBN 13: 9783031536014
Verlag: Springer, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists. This volume presents relevant understandings of the common good, democracy, liberty, and law, and situates them in the context of contemporary countervailing pressures posed by issues in education, access to medical treatment in a pandemic, and the media.  Motivated to ascertain how democracy is threatened by a variety contemporary challenges, the authors examine core aspects of law, representative democracy, and constitutionalism to shed light on worrisome contemporary phenomena such as social media-driven conspiracy theories, unequal access to education and medical treatment, among other topics.

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​Prof. Gordon A. Babst teaches political philosophy and theory, and has published on the threats religion has posed to liberal-democratic norms in pluralist societies.

​Prof. Renée Nicole Souris is assistant professor at Florida Institute of Technology where she teaches legal and political theory. Her research applies ideas of virtue ethics to various topics including child soldiers, international law, and immigration.

​Prof. Joan McGregor is a professor of philosophy and faculty head in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies. She teaches and does research on legal and political philosophy.

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The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists. This volume presents relevant understandings of the common good, democracy, liberty, and law, and situates them in the context of contemporary countervailing pressures posed by issues in education, access to medical treatment in a pandemic, and the media.  Motivated to ascertain how democracy is threatened by a variety contemporary challenges, the authors examine core aspects of law, representative democracy, and constitutionalism to shed light on worrisome contemporary phenomena such as social media-driven conspiracy theories, unequal access to education and medical treatment, among other topics.

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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3031536010
ISBN 13 
9783031536014
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
200
Herausgeber
Babst Gordon Albert, Souris Renée Nicole, McGregor Joan
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