Mechanisms of democracy : institutional design writ small / Adrian Vermeule.

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.

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Representative government and representation -- United States.

Voting -- United States.

Democracy -- United States.

Judicial process -- United States.

Public institutions -- Decision making.

In established constitutional polities, Vermeule argues, law can and should - and to some extent already does - provide mechanisms of democracy: small-scale institutional devices and innovations that can have surprisingly large effects, promoting democratic values of impartial, accountable and deliberative government.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780195333466

262 p. ; 24 cm