SKU:
PR1137487
Populism and Courts in an Age of Constitutional Impatience: Judges vs the People
$227.00
Unit price
/
Unavailable
Populism and Courts in an Age of Constitutional Impatience: Judges vs the People is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509987542
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Description:
This book addresses one of the most pressing issues of our time: the rise of populism and its implications, particularly for courts and other legal institutions.
It questions and ultimately challenges the prevailing view in comparative constitutional law that courts can act as bulwarks against authoritarian, self-aggrandising populists in power. In doing so, it offers both a novel theoretical framework and a fresh contextual inquiry.
Theoretically, the book uses the lens of spatiotemporality the conjunction of space and time to analyse populism as a constitutional project. It argues that contemporary populism is marked by constitutional impatience: a drive for temporal efficiency and spatial proximity that reshapes and reconfigures law's institutional and normative order.
Contextually, the book focuses primarily on one key institution of liberal constitutional democracy: the judiciary. It offers a contextual analysis of three case studies: Armenia, Ecuador and the United Kingdom. In doing so, it not only highlights populism's reach beyond established democracies but also brings fresh insights from understudied jurisdictions at the periphery or in the Global South.
Overall, the book suggests that populism's relationship with constitutionalism is complex and context-dependent. Instead of yielding uniform outcomes, it produces divergent tensions and impacts, thereby challenging assumptions about both the institutional role of courts and the nature of constitutionalism itself.
ISBN: 9781509987542
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Description:
This book addresses one of the most pressing issues of our time: the rise of populism and its implications, particularly for courts and other legal institutions.
It questions and ultimately challenges the prevailing view in comparative constitutional law that courts can act as bulwarks against authoritarian, self-aggrandising populists in power. In doing so, it offers both a novel theoretical framework and a fresh contextual inquiry.
Theoretically, the book uses the lens of spatiotemporality the conjunction of space and time to analyse populism as a constitutional project. It argues that contemporary populism is marked by constitutional impatience: a drive for temporal efficiency and spatial proximity that reshapes and reconfigures law's institutional and normative order.
Contextually, the book focuses primarily on one key institution of liberal constitutional democracy: the judiciary. It offers a contextual analysis of three case studies: Armenia, Ecuador and the United Kingdom. In doing so, it not only highlights populism's reach beyond established democracies but also brings fresh insights from understudied jurisdictions at the periphery or in the Global South.
Overall, the book suggests that populism's relationship with constitutionalism is complex and context-dependent. Instead of yielding uniform outcomes, it produces divergent tensions and impacts, thereby challenging assumptions about both the institutional role of courts and the nature of constitutionalism itself.
Delivery Information
Delivery Information
All of our products are stocked in New Zealand, and shipped from our Auckland warehouse, this means no unexpected import fees or taxes.
Payment & Security
Payment methods
Your payment information is processed securely. We do not store credit card details nor have access to your credit card information.
