Constituting Judgements

A Theory of Law
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Constituting Judgements / Verfassende Urteile
A Theory of Law
How judgements expand, condense and change constitutions
Courts exert great influence on constitutional developments with their rulings. But how can these judgments expand, condense or change constitutions? And what does it even mean to judge in accordance with law? In order to explain constitutional judgements through their legal form, Sabine Müller-Mall reconstructs procedures of juridical judgement in her astute book. She not only outlines a fundamental perspective on the connection between law and constitutionalisation, but also a theory of...
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Courts exert great influence on constitutional developments with their rulings. But how can these judgments expand, condense or change constitutions? And what does it even mean to judge in accordance with law? In order to explain constitutional judgements through their legal form, Sabine Müller-Mall reconstructs procedures of juridical judgement in her astute book. She not only outlines a fundamental perspective on the connection between law and constitutionalisation, but also a theory of law that takes the act of judging as its starting point.
2023, 285 pages
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Sabine Müller-Mall is Professor of Legal and Constitutional Theory at the Technical University of Dresden.
Sabine Müller-Mall is Professor of Legal and Constitutional Theory at the Technical University of Dresden.