This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. The traditional answer of jurists has been

This volume purports to explore the legal and political issues triggered by the new wave of secessionism. More specifically, those issues concern the interplay

In 1996, Guillermo O’Donnell taught a seminar at the University of Notre Dame on democratic theory. One of the questions explored in this class was whether it

Explores how the European Court of Human Rights understands 'democracy' and might support more deliberative, participatory and inclusive practices.

Law and Democracy: Contemporary Questions provides a fresh understanding of law’s regulation of Australian democracy. The book enriches public law scholarship