Populist Challenges to Constitutional Interpretation in Europ... - 9780367710095

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Populist Challenges to Constitutional Interpretation in Europe and BeyondAuthor(s): Fruzsina Grdos-Orosz, Zoltn Szente\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367710095, 978-0367710095\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the relationship between populism or populist regimes and constitutional interpretation used in those regimes.\n\nThe volume discusses the question of whether contemporary populist governments and movements have developed, or encouraged new and specific constitutional theories, doctrines and methods of interpretation, or whether their constitutional and other high courts continue to use the old, traditional interpretative tools in constitutional adjudication. The book is divided into four parts. Part I contains three chapters elaborating the theoretical basis for the discussion. Part II examines the topic from a comparative perspective, representing those European countries where populism is most prevalent, i.