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The Defence of Constitutionality. Or the Czech Question in Post-National Europe.
Jiri Priban
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Paperback. Translator(s): Hoskins, Stuart. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. .
More than a century after the publication of Czech politician Tomascaron; Garrigue Masaryk's study The Czech Question, Czech politics instead of the nation's historical struggle for survival and independence has become a pragmatic question of democratic constitutionalism and civility. Originally published in major Czech newspapers, these essays on contemporary European politics demonstrate that this new understanding involves both technical questions of power making and critical questions of its meaning. Democracy, Priban shows, is the process of permanent self-correction. It possesses both the capacity to respond to unexpected problems and crises and intrinsic tensions between principled arguments and everyday administrative processes. ... Read more
More than a century after the publication of Czech politician Tomascaron; Garrigue Masaryk's study The Czech Question, Czech politics instead of the nation's historical struggle for survival and independence has become a pragmatic question of democratic constitutionalism and civility. Originally published in major Czech newspapers, these essays on contemporary European politics demonstrate that this new understanding involves both technical questions of power making and critical questions of its meaning. Democracy, Priban shows, is the process of permanent self-correction. It possesses both the capacity to respond to unexpected problems and crises and intrinsic tensions between principled arguments and everyday administrative processes. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ovocny, Czechia
ISBN
9788024634234
SKU
V9788024634234
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About Jiri Priban
Jiri Priban is professor of law at Cardiff University, United Kingdom. He is the author of numerous books in Czech and English, including, most recently, Sovereignty in Post-Sovereign Society: A Systems Theory of European Constitutionalism. Stuart Hoskins is a translator of Czech and Slovak into English.
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