TY - BOOK AU - Issacharoff,Samuel TI - Fragile democracies : contested power in the era of constitutional courts T2 - Cambridge studies in election law and democracy SN - 9781107654549 AV - K3161 .I845 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Constitutional history KW - Democracy KW - New democracies KW - Constitutional courts N1 - Introduction : The Burden of Modern Democracy -- The American Paradox -- The Boundaries of Democracy -- Types of Threats -- Responses to Antidemocratic Threats -- Judging Militant Democracy -- Giving Up Power -- The Promise of Constitutional Democracy -- Transition in South Africa -- The Era of Constitutional Courts -- The Constitutional Bargain -- Can Law Protect Democracy? -- Constitutionalism in the Time of Fragile Democracies -- Epilogue : Democratic Objectives ER -