Constitutions As Expressive Documents

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ID23628696
AuthorsGeoffrey Brennan (0000-0003-2045-757X, Australian National University), Geoffrey H Brennan (0000-0002-7220-3304, Australian National University), Alan Hamlin (0000-0001-5403-5733, University of Manchester)
Year2009
Pages329-341
Publication date2009-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe Oxford handbook of political economy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548477.003.0018
OpenAlexW321502739
ISBN9780199548477
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited11

This article looks at constitutions as expressive documents. Two concepts are the main focus of this article: the constitution and the notion of expressiveness. The article tries to clarify these concepts by appeal of a contrast, which will be between a constitution as a legal document and the more general idea of a constitution, which is envisaged by the Constitutional Political Economy (CPE). It also tries to clarify the notion of expressive activity, followed by a discussion on the issue of how expressiveness operates in electoral politics. Finally, a simple two-by-two matrix is used to explore the role of expressive elements in constitutions.

Appeal · Constitution · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Simple (philosophy) · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Language and Interpretation · Philosophy

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