Rational Lawmaking under Review

1. On the “Legisprudential Turn” in Constitutional Review: An Introduction
A. Daniel Oliver-Lalana, Klaus Meßerschmidt

Part I. Judicial Review, Democracy, and Legislation Theory

2. Constitutional Courts and Democracy. Facets of an Ambivalent Relationship
Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff

3. Paths Towards Better Legislation, Detours and Dead-Ends
Helmuth Schulze-Fielitz

Part II. Judicial Review of Legislative Rationality and Justification

4. Rationality Requirements on Parliamentary Legislation Under a Democratic Rule of Law
Bernd Grzeszick

5. The Generality of the Law
Gregor Kirchhof

6. On Constitutional Duties to Give Reasons for Legislative Acts
Christian Waldhoff

Part III. Judicial Review of Legislative Consistency and Systematicity

7. The Obligation of Consistency in Lawmaking
Christian Bumke

8. Inconsistent Legislation
Matthias Rossi

9. Judicial Review of Tax Laws: The Coherence Requirement (Folgerichtigkeitsgebot)

Roland Ismer

Part IV. Judicial Review of Legislative Facts and Impacts

10. Legislative Margins of Appreciation as the Result of Rational Lawmaking
Christian Bickenbach

11. Due Post-legislative Process? On the Lawmakers’ Constitutional Duties of Monitoring and Revision
A. Daniel Oliver-Lalana

12. Efficacy, Effectiveness, Efficiency: From Judicial to Managerial Rationality
Ulrich Karpen

13. Symbolic Legislation Under Judicial Control
Angelika Siehr

Part V. Legislative Balancing, Proportionality, and Process Review

14. Rational Lawmaking, Proportionality and Balancing
Jan Sieckmann

15. The Procedural Review of Legislation and the Substantive Review of Legislation: Opponents or Allies?
Klaus Meßerschmidt

Keywords: Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Political Theory, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Law