The Political Dimension of Constitutional Law

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The Political Dimension of Constitutional Law is written by Miguel Nogueira de Brito and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030384594 (ISBN 10) and 9783030384593 (ISBN 13).

This book discusses in what sense constitutional law has a political dimension, raising the question whether constitutional law is fundamentally political as to its validity, terms of its origin, conceptual structure and/or corresponding practice. It also poses the question whether that dimension is a political-theological dimension. A positive answer to these questions challenges the prevailing view that constitutional law is to be conceived strictly as law, moreover as written law, approved at a certain point in history by a particular power and interpreted as any other law by the judiciary. The essays included in this book, written by leading scholars in constitutional theory – including Martin Loughlin, Paul Kahn, Manon Altwegg-Boussac and Massimo La Torre – address these questions in a timely and original way.