Strange Multiplicity
Constitutionalism in an Age of Diversity

Table of Contents

Part I. Demands for Constitutional Recognition:
1. The constitutional question raised by the politics of cultural recognition: six examples and three similarities
2. The mutual recognition of cultural diversity: three features of the common ground and three historical movements
3. The spirit of Haida Gwaii as a symbol of the age of cultural diversity
4. A constitutional dialogue in The spirit of Haida Gwaii
Part II. Diversity and Contemporary Constitutionalism:
5. Anwering the constitutional question: an outline
6. Two languages of contemporary constitutionalism and the three schools of modern constitutionalism
7. The challenge of post-modernism and cultural feminism
8. The challenge of interculturalism
Part III. The Historical Formation of Modern Constitutionalism: The Empire of Uniformity:
9. Constitutions ancient and modern
10. Seven features of modern constitutionalism
11. Example of forging the seven features: Locke and Aboriginal peoples
12. Vattel, Kant and their followers
13.The reform of diversity in Europe and the colonies
14. The American revolution and the guardians of empire today
Part IV. The Historical Formation of Common Constitutionalism: The Rediscovery of Cultural Diversity, Part I:
15. The hidden constitutions of contemporary societies
16. Understanding constitutionalism: Wittgenstein and Hale
17. Examples of the three conventions: the Aboriginal and common-law system and the conventions of mutual recognition and consent
18. The Aboriginal and common law system and the convention of continuity
19.The Aboriginal and common law system and constitutional dialogue
Part V. The Historical Formation of Common Constitutionalism: The Rediscovery of Cultural Diversity. Part II:
20. Diverse federalism and the conventions of mutual recognition, continuity and consent
21. Diverse federalism and continuity: the Québec act and the ancient constitution
22. Diverse federalism, the three conventions and the American revolution
23. The modern attack on diverse federalism: the Durham report and its followers
24. Linguistic minorities and the three conventions: the form of reasoning appropriate to mutual recognition and accommodation
25. Intercultural citizens, gender differences and the three conventions
Part VI. Constitutionalism in an Age of Cultural Diversity:
25. A summary of contemporary constitutionalism
26. Replies to four objections to contemporary constitutionalism
27. Two public goods of contemporary constitutionalism: belonging and critical freedom
Conclusion: the philosophy and practice of contemporary constitutionalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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