Notions

Question 1

liberalism (Fukuyama)

Answer 1

doctrine that argued for the limitation of powers of government through law/constitutions
creating institutions protecting rights of individuals living under their jurisdiction

Question 2

Constitution (Norton)

Answer 2

body of laws rules and customs that establishes the organs of a state, how those organs relate to one another and the citizens

Question 3

constitutionalism

Answer 3

constitutional supremacy + protection fundamental rights

practice and method whereby limits on government powers are established and maintained by listing norms, rights, and duties of rulers and governed in the document
cf Constant: rests on pub/pv sphere dichotomy

2 core legal tenets: norms adopted under more stringent formal requirements + translates po/moral norms into legal ones

Question 4

government

Answer 4

body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit/organization

Question 5

illiberal democracies (Zakaria)

Answer 5

democratically elected regimes routinely ignoring constitutional limits on their power and depriving their citizens of basic rights and freedoms

Question 6

quote Justice Brennan

Answer 6

“it is the very purpose of our constitution to declare certain values transcendent and beyond the reach of temporary majorities”