Constitutional Referendums: The Theory and Practice of Republican Deliberation

by Stephen Tierney

The use of referendums around the world has grown remarkably in the past thirty years and, in particular, referendums are today deployed more than ever in the settlement of constitutional questions, even in countries with little or no tradition of direct democracy. This is the first book by a constitutional theorist to address the implications of this development for constitutional democracy in a globalizing age, when many of the older certainties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198713967
• ISBN13: 9780198713968
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"