TY - GEN T1 - Constitutions, courts, and history : historical narratives in constitutional adjudication A1 - Uitz, Renáta LA - English PP - Budapest ; New York PB - Central European University Press YR - 2005 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm61328663 AB - Emphasizes the role history and historical narratives play in constitutional adjudication. Uitz provocatively draws attention to the often-tense relationship between the constitution and historical precedence highlighting the interpretive and normative nature of the law. Her work seeks to understand the conditions under which references to the past, history and traditions are attractive to lawyers, even when they have the potential of perpetuating indeterminacy in constitutional reasoning. Uitz conclusively argues that this constitutional indeterminacy is obscured by 'judicial rhetorical toolkits' of continuity and reconciliation that allow the court's reliance on the past to be unaccounted for. Uitz' rigorous analysis and extensive research makes this work an asset to legal scholars and practitioners alike. The inquiry in this volume hopes to attract observers of constitutional adjudication, may they be reading constitutional jurisprudence from the quarters of constitutional law, constitutional history, political science or history departments. CN - K3165 .U36 2005eb SN - 1423719638 SN - 9781423719632 SN - 9786155053733 SN - 6155053731 SN - 128126864X SN - 9781281268648 SN - 9786611268640 SN - 6611268642 SN - 9789637326387 SN - 9637326383 KW - Constitutional law. KW - Constitutional history. KW - Judicial review : History. KW - Droit constitutionnel. KW - Histoire constitutionnelle. KW - Contrôle juridictionnel des lois : Histoire. KW - LAW : Judicial Power. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Constitutions. KW - Constitutional history KW - Constitutional law KW - Judicial review KW - Verfassungsrecht KW - Geschichte. KW - Constitutional courts, Constitutional history, Constitutional law, Judiciary, Political philosophy. KW - History ER -