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2019 | 11 | 3 | 292-315

Article title

Cass R. Sunstein – konstytucjonalista społecznie zaangażowany

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Cass R. Sunstein – a Socially Committed Constitutional Thinker

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EN
This paper reviews the work of Cass R. Sunstein who is a renowned and widely quoted legal scholar and a very prolific writer on a wide range of subjects. I outline herein some themes and ideas expressed in over a dozen C.R. Sunstein’s books that were published between 1993 and 2017. As the title suggests, an emphasis is placed on issues of constitutional relevance. Aiming to place Sunstein’s body of work within a larger context I trace a considerable shift in his approach to political problems and challenges from a purely legal to a more nuanced and multi-dimensional one. Accordingly I present Sunstein’s views on such issues as the partiality of constitutions, incompletely theorized agreements, judicial minimalism, the ideological component of judging, the cost of rights, and group polarization. The works of this contemporary Publius show that pursuing constitutional law in a practical way is much more than study in linguistics or compiling a constitutional court’s decisions. Cass R. Sunstein’s extensive oeuvre provides a rich material for devising new constitutional solutions to real social problems.
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Artykuł przedstawia dorobek Cassa R. Sunsteina, uznanego i szeroko cytowanego badacza prawa. Autor prezentuje w nim wątki i idee wyrażone w kilkunastu książkach C.R. Sunsteina wydanych w latach 1993–2017. Uwypuklone zostały kwestie o wymiarze konstytucyjnym. Starając się ukazać dorobek Sunsteina w szerszym kontekście, autor przedstawia zwrot, jaki dokonał się w podejściu Sunsteina do problemów i wyzwań politycznych – od podejścia czysto prawniczego do bardziej zróżnicowanego i wielowymiarowego. Omawia więc poglądy Sunsteina na takie tematy jak stronniczość konstytucji, niezupełne uzgodnienia, sędziowski minimalizm, wpływ ideologii na orzecznictwo, koszt praw i polaryzacja grupowa. Dzieła tego współczesnego Publiusza pokazują, że praktyczne uprawianie prawa konstytucyjnego to znacznie więcej niż studia z zakresu językoznawstwa czy też kompilowanie orzeczeń sądu konstytucyjnego. Rozległy dorobek Cassa R. Sunsteina dostarcza obszernego materiału do tworzenia nowych rozwiązań konstytucyjnych osadzonych w realnych problemach społecznych.

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11

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3

Pages

292-315

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published
2019

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References

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki
1965998

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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_7206_kp_2080-1084_333
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