The Negotiable Constitution: On the Limitation of Rights

Grégoire C. N. Webber

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511691867

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface and acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction: on the limitation of rights
pp 1-12

1 - The constitution as activity
pp 13-54

2 - The received approach to the limitation of rights
pp 55-86

3 - Challenging the age of balancing
pp 87-115

4 - Constituting rights by limitation
pp 116-146

5 - The democratic activity of limiting rights
pp 147-180

6 - Justifying rights in a free and democratic society
pp 181-212

Conclusion
pp 213-217

Bibliography
pp 218-225

Index
pp 226-231

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