Constitutionalism and democracy

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY: SUBSTANTIVE VIEWS -- 1 Constitutionalism and Democracy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Two Concepts of Collective Action -- 3. Does Constitutionalism Undermine Equality? -- 4. Moral Scepticism -- 5. Does Constitutionalism Deny Freedom? -- 6. Democracy and Mistakes -- NOTES -- 2 Equality, Democracy, and Constitution: We the People in Court -- I. THE PROBLEM -- ll. FAMILIAR RESPONSES -- III. CONCEPTIONS OF DEMOCRACY -- IV. EQUALITY OF POWER -- A. VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS -- B. IMPACT AND INFLUENCE -- C. SHOULD INFLUENCE BE EQUAL? -- V. COMMUNAL COLLECTIVE ACTION -- VI. DEMOCRACY AS INTEGRATION -- A. THE PRINCIPLE OF PARTICIPATION -- B. THE PRINCIPLE OF STAKE -- C. THE PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENCE -- VII. COMMUNITY AND CONSTITUTION -- A. THE PLAIN PROVISIONS -- B. JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION -- 3 The Idea of Public Reason Revisited -- INTRODUCTION -- 1: THE IDEA OF PUBLIC REASON -- 2: THE CONTENT OF PUBLIC REASON -- 3: RELIGION AND PUBLIC REASON IN DEMOCRACY -- 4: THE WIDE VIEW OF PUBLIC POLITICAL CULTURE -- 5: ON THE FAMILY AS PART OF THE BASIC STRUCTURE -- 6: QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC REASON -- 7: CONCLUSION -- 4 A Right-Based Critique of Constitutional Rights -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Right-Based Theories -- 3 From Moral Rights to Legal Rights -- 4 From Legal Rights To Constitutional Rights -- 5 Doing Philosophy -- 6 Disagreement and Authority -- 7 Philosophical Debate and Political Participation -- 8 The Right to Participate -- 9 The Proceduralist Gambit -- 10 Imperfect Democracy -- 11 Democratic Self-Restraint -- 13 Conclusion -- 5 A Philosophical Argument for a Bill of Rights -- RIGHTS AGAINST THE STATE -- FROM MORAL RIGHTS TO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS -- OBJECTIONS AGAINST BILLS OF RIGHTS