Constitutions, courts, and history [electronic resource] : historical narratives in constitutional adjudication / Renáta Uitz.

ISBN:

9781423719632

9786155053733

9781281268648

Title:

Constitutions, courts, and history [electronic resource] : historical narratives in constitutional adjudication / Renáta Uitz.

Author:

Uitz, Renáta.

Personal Author:

Uitz, Renáta.

Publication Information:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume)

Contents:

Constitutional adjudication haunted by indeterminacy -- Historical narratives in constitutional reasoning : intuitions and myths revisited -- An overview of arguments used in constitutional adjudication -- The constitutional text in the light of history -- Behind historical narratives : the promise of continuity -- The fruits of reconciliation : a bittersweet harvest.

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Subject Term:

Constitutional law.

Constitutional history.

Judicial review -- History.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2005

Publication Information:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.

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Summary

Emphasizes the role history and historical narratives play in constitutional adjudication. Uitz provocatively draws attention to the often-tense relationship between the constitution and historical precedence highlighting the interpretive and normative nature of the law. Her work seeks to understand the conditions under which references to the past, history and traditions are attractive to lawyers, even when they have the potential of perpetuating indeterminacy in constitutional reasoning. Uitz conclusively argues that this constitutional indeterminacy is obscured by 'judicial rhetorical toolkits' of continuity and reconciliation that allow the court's reliance on the past to be unaccounted for. Uitz' rigorous analysis and extensive research makes this work an asset to legal scholars and practitioners alike. The inquiry in this volume hopes to attract observers of constitutional adjudication, may they be reading constitutional jurisprudence from the quarters of constitutional law, constitutional history, political science or history departments.