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Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness
(2020)
  • Dr Brian Christopher Jones, University of Sheffield
Abstract
Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy investigates the increasingly important subject of constitutional idolatry and its effects on democracy. Focussed around whether the UK should draft a single written constitution, it suggests that constitutions have been drastically and persistently over-sold throughout the years, and that their wider importance and effects are not nearly as significant as constitutional advocates maintain. Chapters analyse whether written constitutions can educate the citizenry, invigorate voter turnout, or deliver ‘We the People’ sovereignty.
Keywords
  • comparative constitutional law,
  • constitutional theory,
  • constitutional idolatry,
  • democracy,
  • written and unwritten constitutions,
  • UK constitution,
  • US Constitution
Publication Date
June, 2020
Publisher
Edward Elgar
ISBN
978 1 78897 109 6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788971102
Citation Information
Brian Christopher Jones. Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness. (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_jones/61/