TY - BOOK AU - Daly,Tom Gerald TI - The alchemists: questioning our faith in courts as democracy-builders T2 - Cambridge studies in constitutional law SN - 9781108417945 AV - K2100 .D359 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Courts KW - Democratization KW - Democracy KW - International human rights courts KW - Constitutional courts N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : an onerous role for courts as democracy-builders -- The core concept : democratisation -- The rise and limits of constitutional courts as democracy-builders -- The rise and limits of human rights courts as democracy-builders -- Democratisation jurisprudence : framing courts' democracy-building roles -- Domestic democratisation jurisprudence in action : Brazil since 1988 -- Regional democratisation jurisprudence : shaping democracy from outside -- What should courts do in a young democracy? rethinking our approach -- Concluding thoughts : moving beyond our court obsession ER -