Defining the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

Jackson, Tushnet, and their contributors, distinguished jurists and legal scholars from around the world, seek to define the field of constitutional law, sometimes expressly but more often by illustrating the way in which each writer thinks about comparative constitutional law. Viewed as a whole, the collection points to common constitutional themes even though how nations responded to these issues differed substantially based on different histories, traditions, and experiences.Three common themes emerge from the essays. First discussed are the relationships of constitutionalism and constitutional law to popular understandings and political contexts and their relationship to constitutional understandings and transformations. A second set of concerns revolve around dilemmas of equality. Third, explicit or implicit in virtually all of the essays is the theme that globalization as a phenomenon requires comparative constitutional study. Here is a thoughtful and stimulating collection that will be of value to legal scholars, students, and others involved with constitutional law issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-12-30
Mått:156 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780275970697

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VICKI C. JACKSON is Professor of Law, Georgetown University.MARK TUSHNET is Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University. Both have published extensively on constitutional law issues.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by William H. RehnquistIntroductionEuropean Integration and the Ideal of the Common Good by Winfried BruggerThe Shaping of a New Democracy Within the Context of Tradition: Equality and the Respect for Diversity by D. M. DavisReflections on Continental European Public Law in the Tradition of Hobbes and Napoleon by Thomas FleinerThe Right to Freedom of Religion and Secularism in the Indiana Constitution by Ratna KapurUses Americans Might Make of Foreign Constitutional Case Law by Donald P. KommersJudicial Systems: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century by Roberto G. MacLeanThe United Kingdom Human Rights Act, 1998 by Geoffrey MarshallConstitutional Development: The African Experience by Dullah OmarComparative Constitutional Law in an Age of Economic Globalization by David SchneidermanModern Constitutional Developments in the Arab World: The Case of Judicial Review in Egypt and Its Impact on Other Arab Countries by Adel Omar SherifWhy Do We Study Constitutional Laws of Foreign Countries, and How? by Kazuyuki TakahashiA European Perspective: Economic and Social Rights in the French Constitution by Jean-Pierre TheronConstitutional Conceptions and Constitutional Comparativism by Lorraine E. WeinribFor Further ReadingIndex