Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy by Sandrine Baume

Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy by Sandrine Baume

Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy is a contextual analysis of this famous jurist's political thought. Kelsen's works are usually reduced to his theory of law, and his reflections on democracy are often ignored. The great strength of Kelsen's political thinking lies in the largely original arguments that it musters against the critics who condemn or debunk the institutions of parliamentary democracies. This study assesses Kelsenian democratic theory by exploring three questions: first, how is Kelsen's political theory intertwined with his legal theory? Second, how does Kelsen combine his reflections on the democratic ideal with his appreciation of a reality that more often than not quite distant from that ideal? Third, how does Kelsen conceive of the sources of the state's cohesion in a democracy?

Sandrine Baume is a political philosopher and a historian of ideas. She is currently an associate professor at the Centre for Public Law in the Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research focuses particularly on the theory of the democratic state: its institutions, its rules, and its values. Among her recent publications are La transparence dans la conduite des affaires publiques: Origines et sens d'une exigence (Raison publique, 2011); On Political Theology: A Controversy between Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt (History of European Ideas, 2009) and Carl Schmitt, penseur de l'Etat: Genü¾Ž†”¼se d'une doctrine (Presses de Sciences Po, 2008).

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ISBN 13	9781907301247
ISBN 10	1907301240
Title	Hans Kelsen and the Case for Democracy
Author	Sandrine Baume
Series	Ecpr Essays Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	ECPR Press
Year published	2012-12-01
Number of pages	90
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