Constitutional category: 1750 books
Constitutional Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
From Post-Socialist Transition to the Reform of Political Systems
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
The contributions to this edited volume discuss constitutional politics in 20 Central and Eastern European countries. The country chapters describe all constitutional amendments and new constitutions after the first post-communist constitution-making, all failed amendment attempts, and the political...
by Aileen Kavanagh
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Under the Human Rights Act, British courts are for the first time empowered to review primary legislation for compliance with a codified set of fundamental rights. In this book, Aileen Kavanagh argues that the HRA gives judges strong powers of constitutional review, similar to those exercised by the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The new series Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law will engage with contemporary issues of constitutionalism in Africa, filling a notable gap in African comparative constitutional law. Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism is the first in the series, examining one of the...
by Carl Wellman
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This work explains the nature of constitutional rights. It does so by means of an analysis of the nature of law in general, the nature of constitutions, and the nature of rights. It looks in detail at several aspects of constitutional law, rights and institutions, as well as aspects related to public...
Justice in Plainclothes
A Theory of American Constitutional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this important book, Lawrence Sager, a leading constitutional theorist, offers a lucid understanding and compelling defense of American constitutional practice. Sager treats judges as active partners in the enterprise of securing the fundamentals of political justice, and sees the process of constitutional...
by Joris Larik
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Presenting the first comprehensive account of foreign policy objectives as a growing part of European constitutional law, Joris Larik confronts the trend of enshrining international ambitions in the highest laws of states and the European Union. Closely examining the provisions of foreign policy objectives,...
The Constitution of Israel
A Contextual Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
This book presents the main features of the Israeli constitutional system and a topical discussion of Israel's basic laws. It focuses on constitutional history and the peculiar decision to frame a constitution 'by stages'. Following its British heritage and the lack of a formal constitution, Israel's...
The Guardian of the Constitution
Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt on the Limits of Constitutional Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
This volume provides the first English translation of Hans Kelsen's and Carl Schmitt's influential Weimar-era debate on constitutional guardianship and the legitimacy of constitutional review. It includes Kelsen's seminal piece, 'The Nature and Development of Constitutional Adjudication', as well...
by George Anastaplo
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Constitutional scholar George Anastaplo believes that many judges and lawyers draw upon a skimpy, if not simply unreliable, knowledge of history. He proposes that in order to write reliable opinions, these men and women must have a deeper understanding of the enduring principles upon which the law...
by Michael J. Gerhardt
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision making is a perennially divisive subject among scholars of law and American politics. The debate rages over both empirical and normative aspects of the issue: To what extent are the Supreme Court, Congress, and the executive branch constrained...
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law
Constitutional Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2010
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Constitutional Law presents an accessible introduction to the enduring topics of American constitutional law, including judicial review, methods of interpretation, federalism, separation of powers, equal protection, and individual liberties. One of the most important...
Red, White, and Kind of Blue?
The Conservatives and the Americanization of Canadian Constitutional Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Situated between two different constitutional traditions, those of the United Kingdom and the United States, Canada has maintained a distinctive third way: federal, parliamentary, and flexible. Yet in recent years it seems that Canadian constitutional culture has been moving increasingly in an American...
Legislative Delegation
The Erosion of Normative Limits in Modern Constitutionalism
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
An overarching question of contemporary constitutionalism is whether equilibriums devised prior to the emergence of the modern administrative-industrial state can be preserved or recreated by means of fundamental law. The book approaches this problem indirectly, through the conceptual lens offered...
Constitutional Conventions in Westminster Systems
Controversies, Changes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Conventions are fundamental to the constitutional systems of parliamentary democracies. Unlike the United States which adopted a republican form of government, with a full separation of powers, codified constitutional structures and limitations for executive and legislative institutions and actors,...