Peace, Discontent and Constitutional Law: Challenges to Constitutional Order and Democracy

This book explores the constitutional foundations for peaceful coexistence, the constitutional background for discontent, and the consequences of conflict and revolution on a democratic society's constitutional order. It offers a multi-discursive analysis and examines the capacity of the constitutional order to serve as a reliable framework for peaceful co-existence while allowing for reasonable and legitimate discontent. The collection presents a range of views on the ongoing implosion of the liberal-democratic constitutional consensus and supplements the constitutional perspective with perspectives from financial, EU, labor, and social security law, administrative law, migration, and religious law.

Format: Hardback
Length: 260 pages
Publication date: 24 May 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive work delves into the intricate constitutional foundations for fostering peaceful coexistence, examining the constitutional backdrop that fuels discontent and its profound impact. It also explores the consequences of conflict and revolution on the constitutional order of democratic societies, raising concerns about the potential implosion of these systems. The book explores the capacity of the constitutional order to serve as a reliable framework for harmonious coexistence while accommodating reasonable and legitimate discontent. It identifies the primary factors contributing to rising pressures on constitutional order, which may result in the collapse of constitutionalism and constitutional democracy as we have known them.

The collection presents a diverse range of perspectives on the ongoing implosion of the liberal-democratic constitutional consensus that has shaped constitutional axiology, institutional design, constitutional mythology, and the functioning of constitutional orders since the last decades of the 20th century. This work incorporates perspectives from financial, EU, labor, and social security law, administrative law, migration, and religious law, enriching the constitutional discourse with a pluralist scientific account of the key challenges to peaceful coexistence within the current constitutional framework.

The book serves as a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and policymakers engaged in the fields of constitutional law and politics. It offers a rich tapestry of ideas and theories that contribute to our understanding of the complex dynamics shaping constitutional systems and the urgent need for responsive governance in the face of emerging challenges.

Weight: 552g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367539702