TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bambrick,Christina R
TI  - Constitutionalizing the private sphere: a comparative inquiry 
T2  - Cambridge studies in constitutional law
SN  - 9781009293723 (ebook)
AV  - K3240 .B3595 2024
U1  - 342.08/501 23/eng/20240409
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Equality before the law
KW  - Republicanism
KW  - Social change
KW  - Local government
KW  - Civil society
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jan 2025); A Republican vein in liberal constitutionalism -- The United States : Equality along the public-private divide -- India : citizens' duties in aspiring to equality -- Germany : new tensions amid radiating values -- South Africa :  toward societal transformation -- The European Union : republicanism in supranational context
N2  - Do private actors have constitutional duties? While traditionally only government actors are responsible for upholding constitutional rights, courts and constitution-makers increasingly do assign constitutional duties to private actors as well. Therefore, a landlord may have constitutional duties to their tenants, and a sports club may even have duties to its fans. This book argues that this phenomenon of applying rights 'horizontally' can be understood through the lens of republican political theory. Themes echoing such concepts as the common good and civic duty from republican thought recur in discourses surrounding horizontal application. Bambrick traces republican themes in debates from the United States, India, Germany, South Africa, and the European Union. While these contexts have vastly different histories and aspirations, constitutional actors in each place have considered the horizontal application of rights and, in doing so, have made republican arguments
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009293723
ER  -