Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law

Tag: Richard Bellamy

  • Judges, Democracy and the “New Commonwealth Model of Constitutionalism”

    —Tom Hickey, Dublin City University Aileen Kavanagh and Joseph Raz are among many supporters of constitutional judicial supremacy who characterise their support as justified despite what they see as its non- or perhaps even anti-democratic nature.[1] They employ the “ends-justifies-the-means” mantra: better to have system that makes “good” outcomes more likely, at the cost of perhaps…