Judges and the Language of Law: Why Governments Across the World Have Increasingly Lost in Court

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This book looks at how the language of the law has changed over time, and how this has empowered judges. In particular it looks at how this has empowered judges to rule against governments. Preface A Note on Referencing Contents List of Figures List of Tables Part I Language in Contemporary Politics 1 Introduction and State of the Art Theory Hypotheses and Chapters Summary The Global Expansion of Judicial Power References 2 Modern Political Language Indeterminacy or Ambiguity? Ambivalence and Cybernetics Measuring Indeterminacy—Methodology Constructing the Discourse Analysis Codebook Determining Indeterminacies Conclusion References Part II Quantitative History 3 The “New Constitutionalism” in 187 Countries Comparing Constitutions Hypotheses and Data Method Data Diagnostics Results Conclusions References 4 Regulating the Extent of the State in Five Democracies Theory and Hypotheses Methods and Data Results Conclusion References Part III Qualitative History 5 Rule of Law Without a Constitution in the UK Judicial Review in the UK Empirical—Textual Changes Definitional—Subtextual Changes Systemic—Intertextual Changes Prudential—Contextual Changes Influence-seeking—Transtextual Changes Policy-Oriented—Metatextual changes Conclusion References 6 Federalism and Party Polarisation in the US Empirical—Textual Changes Definitional—Subtextual Changes Systemic—Intertextual Changes Prudential—Contextual Changes Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes Conclusions References 7 Mixed Legal Systems with Human Rights Reform in Canada Empirical—Textual Changes Definitional—Subtextual Changes Systemic—Intertextual Changes Prudential—Contextual Changes Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes Conclusion References 8 Executive Dominance with Decentralisation in France Empirical—Textual Changes Definitional—Subtextual Changes Systemic—Intertextual Changes Prudential—Contextual Changes Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes Conclusion References 9 The Burden of History, with the Promise of Philosophy in Germany Empirical—Textual Changes Definitional—Subtextual Changes Systemic—Intertextual Changes Prudential—Contextual Changes Influence-Seeking—Transtextual Changes Policy-Oriented—Metatextual Changes Conclusion References 10 Conclusions References Cases Statutes Index