Constitutional Theory and Government Systems

本書分成四大部分，分別是：（1）憲法基本理論，（2）基本人權，（3）政府體制，（4）違憲審查與憲法爭訟。書中除憲法基本學理及我國憲法規範內容之介紹外，更以憲法爭訟實務貫穿全書，將憲政實際運作與憲法解釋或裁判結合在一起，並透過憲法爭訟案件之闡述與分析，一方面呈現中華民國憲法之具體規範效力，另一方面也彰顯動態的憲法實踐軌跡。全書除詳細介紹我國憲政實務發展與相關爭議問題外，也大幅引介外國法制；亦即在本土關懷之外，更有寬廣的國際觀與比較法視野。基此，不論是作為憲法相關課程之教科書、學術研究之參考材料，或甚至是作為考試用書，本書皆十分適合。

Two legal systems founded on similar Enlightenment philosophical and political values use state coercion differently to regulate a liberty at the core of the Enlightenment: freedom of expression. This comparative study of France and the United States proposes a novel theory of how the limits of freedom of expression are informed by different revolutionary experiences and constitutional and political arrangements. Ioanna Tourkochoriti argues that the different ways freedom of expression is balanced against other values in France and the United States can be understood in reference to the role of the government and the understanding of republicanism and liberty. This understanding affects how jurists define the content and the limits of a liberty and strike a balance between liberties in conflict. Exploring both the legal traditions of the two countries, this study sheds new light on the broader historical, social and philosophical contexts in which jurists operate.

本書分成四大部分，分別是：（1）憲法基本理論，（2）基本人權，（3）政府體制，（4）違憲審查與憲法爭訟。 書中除憲法基本學理及我國憲法規範內容之介紹外，更以憲法爭訟實務貫穿全書，將憲政實際運作與憲法解釋或裁判結合在一起，並透過憲法爭訟案件之闡述與分析，一方面呈現中華民國憲法之具體規範效力，另一方面也彰顯動態的憲法實踐軌跡。全書除詳細介紹我國憲政實務發展與相關爭議問題外，也大幅引介外國法制；亦即在本土關懷之外，更有寬廣的國際觀與比較法視野。基此，不論是作為憲法相關課程之教科書、學術研究之參考材料，或甚至是作為考試用書，本書皆十分適合。

This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). Six new chapters have been added, and several chapters from the previous edition have been extensively revised. The discussion of empirical work in public choice has been greatly expanded. As in the previous editions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include: why the state exists, voting rules, federalism, the theory of clubs, two-party and multiparty electoral systems, rent seeking, bureaucracy, interest groups, dictatorship, the size of government, voter participation, and political business cycles. Normative issues in public choice are also examined including a normative analysis of the simple majority rule, Bergson–Samuelson social welfare functions, the Arrow and Sen impossibility theorems, Rawls's social contract theory and the constitutional political economy of Buchanan and Tullock.