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Constitutionalism in an old key : legality and constituent power

Dyzenhaus, David - 2011

I argue that legal and constitutional theory should avoid the idea of constituent power. It is unhelpful in seeking to … itself within positivist legal theory, which explains the affinity between theories of constituent power and legal positivist … accounts of authority. Legal theory should then focus on the question of law's authority as one entirely internal to legal …

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Political yardstick competition, economic integration, and constitutional choice in a federation

Bodenstein, Martin; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2001

This paper investigates the behavior of rent-seeking politicians in an environment of increasing economic integration. The focus of the paper is on the implications of globalization-induced political yardstick competition for constitutional design with a view to the current discussion in the...

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Das vertragstheoretische Argument in der Ökonomik

Müller, Christian - 2000

Zur Begründung von Handlungsregeln für die Wirtschaftspolitik werden in der Ökonomik zunehmend die Theorien des hypothetischen Gesellschaftsvertrags von John Rawls und James Buchanan herangezogen. Als legitim gilt danach jene Regel, auf die sich fiktive Homines oeconomici in einer gedachten...