This response to commentaries composing a symposium on my book ‘Constitutional Essentials: On the Constitutional Theory of Political Liberalism’ (2022) includes restatements of some major themes from the book, as prompted by thoughts from the commentators.
BaynesKenneth. 2024. “Political Liberalism, Public Reason and the Goldilocks Problem: On Michelman’s Constitutional Essentials.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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DixonRosalind. 2024. “Justification by Constitution & Tiered Constitutional Design.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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FlemingJames E.McClainLinda C.2024. “Constitutional Liberalism Through Thick and Thin: Reflections on Frank Michelman’s Constitutional Essentials.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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FerraraAlessandro. 2024. “Engaging the later Rawls on legitimacy.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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FerraraAlessandro. 2023. Sovereignty across Generations: Constituent Power and Political Liberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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GerstenbergOliver. 2024. “The Constitution as a Law of Lawmaking: Comments on Frank Michelman’s Constitutional Essentials.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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GrimmDieter. 2016. Constitutionalism: Past, Present and Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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KoppelmanAndrew. 2024. “The Fluidity of Political Legitimacy: On Michelman’s Constitutional Essentials.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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KoppelmanAndrew. 2009. “The Limits of Constructivism: Can Rawls Condemn Female Genital Mutilation?” Review of Politics71: 459–82.
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LangvatnSilje (2024) Political Legitimacy in Rawls’ Early and Late Liberalism--Two Diverging Interpretations. Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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LevinsonSanford. 2024. “Has the Owl Flown with Regard to “The Constitutional Theory of Political Liberalism.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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MichelmanFrank I.2022. Constitutional Essentials: On the Constitutional Theory of Political Liberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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MichelmanFrank I.2024. “Reasonable Disagreement: Mark Tushnet, John Rawls, and a Democratic Point to Constitutionalism.” In Redefining Comparative Constitutional Law: Essays for Mark Tushnet, edited by JacksonVickiMadhavKhosla. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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MichelmanFrank I.2015. “The Priority of Liberty: Rawls and ‘Tiers of Scrutiny.” In Rawls’s Political Liberalism, edited by BrooksThomNussbaumMartha C.. New York: Columbia University Press.
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RasmussenDavid (2024) I do not have the tile for Rasmussen’s paper. Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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RawlsJohn (1997) The Idea of Public Reason Revisited. University of Chicago Law Review64: 765–807.
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RawlsJohn. 2001Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, edited by KellyErin. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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RawlsJohn (1971) A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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RawlsJohn. 1993. Political Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press.
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RawlsJohn. 1995. “Reply to Habermas.” Journal of Philosophy92: 132–180.
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RosenfeldMichel. 2022. A Pluralist Theory of Constitutional Justice: Assessing Liberal Democracy in Times of Rising Populism and Illiberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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TushnetMark. 2024. “Constitution as Recommendation.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
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WinterSteven L.2024. “Democracy’s Ruling Hand.” Philosophy and Social Criticism.
