This book looks at how the language of the law has changed over time, and how this has empowered judges. In particular it looks at how this has empowered judges to rule against governments.
Author(s): Matthew Williams
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 417
City: Cham
Preface
A Note on Referencing
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I Language in Contemporary Politics
1 Introduction and State of the Art
Theory
Hypotheses and Chapters Summary
The Global Expansion of Judicial Power
References
2 Modern Political Language
Indeterminacy or Ambiguity?
Ambivalence and Cybernetics
Measuring Indeterminacy—Methodology
Constructing the Discourse Analysis Codebook
Determining Indeterminacies
Conclusion
References
Part II Quantitative History
3 The “New Constitutionalism” in 187 Countries
Comparing Constitutions
Hypotheses and Data
Method
Data Diagnostics
Results
Conclusions
References
4 Regulating the Extent of the State in Five Democracies
Theory and Hypotheses
Methods and Data
Results
Conclusion
References
Part III Qualitative History
5 Rule of Law Without a Constitution in the UK
Judicial Review in the UK
Empirical—Textual Changes
Definitional—Subtextual Changes
Systemic—Intertextual Changes
Prudential—Contextual Changes
Influence-seeking—Transtextual Changes
Policy-Oriented—Metatextual changes
Conclusion
References
6 Federalism and Party Polarisation in the US
Empirical—Textual Changes
Definitional—Subtextual Changes
Systemic—Intertextual Changes
Prudential—Contextual Changes
Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes
Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes
Conclusions
References
7 Mixed Legal Systems with Human Rights Reform in Canada
Empirical—Textual Changes
Definitional—Subtextual Changes
Systemic—Intertextual Changes
Prudential—Contextual Changes
Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes
Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes
Conclusion
References
8 Executive Dominance with Decentralisation in France
Empirical—Textual Changes
Definitional—Subtextual Changes
Systemic—Intertextual Changes
Prudential—Contextual Changes
Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes
Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes
Conclusion
References
9 The Burden of History, with the Promise of Philosophy in Germany
Empirical—Textual Changes
Definitional—Subtextual Changes
Systemic—Intertextual Changes
Prudential—Contextual Changes
Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes
Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes
Conclusion
References
10 Conclusions
References
Cases
Statutes
Index
