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2、howarguesthatdebatesbetweendefendersandcriticsofconstitutionalbillsofrightspresupposethatconstitutionsaremoreorlessrigidentities.Withinsuchaconception,constitutionsaspiretoestablishstable,fixedpointsofagreementandpre-commitment,whichdefendersconsidertobep
3、ossibleanddesirableandcriticsdeemimpossibleandundesirable.Drawingonreflectionsaboutthenatureoflaw,constitutions,thecommonlaw,andwhatitistobeademocraticrepresentative,Waluchowurgesadifferenttheoryofbillsofrightsaccordingtowhichtheyareflexibleandadaptable.Ad
4、optingsuchatheoryenablesonenotonlytoanswercritics’mostseriouschallengesbutalsotoappreciatetherolethatabillofrights,interpretedandenforcedbyunelectedjudges,cansensiblyplayintheconstitutionaldemocracy.W.J.WaluchowisaprofessorofphilosophyatMcMasterUniversit
5、yinCanada.HeistheauthorofInclusiveLegalPositivism,FreeExpressions:EssaysinLawandPhilosophy,andTheDimensionsofEthics:AnIntroductiontoEthicalTheory,amongothertitles.iP1:FCW0521864763preCUNY449B/Waluchow0521864763Printer:cupusbwOctober9,200623:55CambridgeSt
6、udiesinPhilosophyandLawgeneraleditor:geraldpostema(universityofnorthcarolina,chapelhill)advisoryboardJulesColeman(YaleLawSchool)AntonyDuff(UniversityofStirling)DavidLyons(BostonUniversity)NeilMacCormick(UniversityofEdinburgh)StephenR.Munzer(U.C.L.A.LawSc
7、hool)PhillipPettit(PrincetonUniversity)JosephRaz(UniversityofOxford)JeremyWaldron(ColumbiaLawSchool)Someotherbooksintheseries:LarryAlexander(ed.):ConstitutionalismLarryAlexander:IsThereaRightofFreedomofExpression?PeterBenson(ed.):TheTheoryofContractLaw:N
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