A republic of statutes

the new american constitution

The Constitution is often conceived as our nation's Grand Blueprint and the embodiment of our Highest Aspirations. The authors, using prominent cases such as Brown v. Board of Education, maintain that this conception is myth. Instead, William Eskridge and John Ferejohn propose an original ...

The Constitution of South Africa

a contextual analysis

South Africa's 1996 'Final' Constitution is widely recognised as the crowning achievement of the country's dramatic transition to democracy. This transition began with the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of Nelson Mandela from prison in February 1990. This book presents the ...

The spirit of the Law

religious voices and the Constitution in Modern America

A new constitutional world burst into American life in the mid- twentieth century. For the first time, the national constitution's religion clauses were extended by the United States Supreme Court to all state and local governments. As energized religious individuals and groups probed the ...

Derechos del hombre y derechos fundamentales

vías alternativas: Buber y Sartre

Es esta una obra que interesa y suscita curiosidad desde su primera página, pues mueve a reflexionar no sólo sobre la condición del hombre contemporáneo, de su alienación y enmascaramiento, sino del mismo derecho y la justicia, como instituciones seculares que giran en torno a ...

The American Supreme Court

Revised by Sanford Levinson. Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, Robert G. McCloskey's classic work on the Supreme Court's role in constructing the U.S. Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation's highest court. For this new fifth edition ...

Los derechos sociales en las nuevas Constituciones latinoamericanas

SUMARIO: 1. Introducción: el nuevo constitucionalismo latinoamericano.- 2. El debate en torno a los derechos sociales y su reflejo en el nuevo constitucionalismo latinoamericano.- 3. La Constitución de Perú de 1993. Constitución ilegítima y regresividad de los derechos sociales.- Las Constituciones de Brasil de 1988 ...

Human Rights Law and business

corporate responsibility for fundamental Human Rights

Over recent decades, globalisation has stirred up a number of positive and negative developments in national and international environments. An important feature of globalisation is the rise of the economic, social, cultural and political power of corporations. While corporate activities may positively contribute to the ...

On the limits of Constitutional Adjudication

deconstructing balancing and judicial activism

Juliano Z. Benvindo investigates the current movement of constitutional courts towards political activism, especially by focusing on the increasing use of the balancing method as a 'rational' justification for this process. From the critical perception of the serious risks of this movement to democracy, this ...

Le procès constitutionnel

Le nouvel article 61-I de la Constitution introduit par la loi constitutionnelle du 23 juillet 2008 qui ouvre pour une partie à un procès le droit de contester la constitutionnalité de dispositions d'une loi promulguée marque une avancée certaine pour l'Etat de droit ...

Droit constitutionnel français

Adossé à une lecture constructive de l'histoire constitutionnelle française, dont il s'agit de repérer les lignes de force et les fractures, à travers changements et continuité, ce manuel entend mettre à la disposition des étudiants de première année une approche renouvelée du droit ...

Droits constitutionnels étrangers

Principalement destiné aux étudiants des facultés de droit et des instituts d'études politiques, cet ouvrage, conçu sous la forme de développements synthétiques, structurés et illustrés, permettra au lecteur d'acquérir une vision comparative des droits constitutionnels étrangers situés dans leur contexte historique et leur ...

Parliamentary sovereignty

contemporary debates

This book has four main themes: (1) a criticism of 'common law constitutionalism', the theory that Parliament's authority is conferred by, and therefore is or can be made subordinate to, judge-made common law; (2) an analysis of Parliament's ability to abdicate, limit or ...

The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism

For much of its history, the interpretation of the United States Constitution presupposed judges seeking the meaning of the text and the original intentions behind that text, a process that was deemed by Chief Justice John Marshall to be 'the most sacred rule of interpretation ...

Because it is wrong

turture, privacy and presidential power in the age of terror

Because It Is Wrong asks whether torture can ever be justified, when eavesdropping is acceptable and if a kidnapper should be waterboarded to reveal where his victim has been hidden. Since 9/11 there has been an intense debate about the US government's application ...

Imperative of integration

More than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. As a signal achievement of that ...

Lezioni di giustizia costituzionale

Prefazione alla quarta edizione. # I. Giudizio diffuso e giudizio accentrato di legittimità costituzionale delle leggi. # II. Il giudizio di legittimità costituzionale delle leggi e degli atti aventi forza di legge dello stato e delle regioni. # III. Il giudizio sui conflitti di attribuzione. # IV. Il giudizio ...

Diritto costituzionale

Prefazione. # I. Nozioni preliminari. # II. Stato e forme di stato. # III. Fonti del diritto. # IV. Situazioni giuridiche soggettive del diritto costituzionale. # V. Forme di governo. # VI. L#organizzazione della Repubblica. # VII. Il parlamento. # Sezione I: Organizzazione. # Sezione II: Funzionamento. # VIII. Il presidente della Repubblica. # IX ...

The constitution of Australia

a contextual analysis

Consistently with the aims of the series, the book canvasses the Australian constitutional system in a way that explains its form and operation, provides a critical evaluation of it and conveys a sense of the contemporary national debate. The chapters deal respectively with the foundations ...

Democracy, liberty, and property

the State Constitutional Conventions of the 1820s

In one volume, "Democracy, Liberty & Property" provides an overview of the state constitutional conventions held in the 1820s. With topics as relevant today as they were then, this collection of essential primary sources sheds light on many of the enduring issues of liberty. Emphasising ...

The many Constitutions of Europe

Eds. Kaarlo Tuori, Suvi Sankari. This volume makes a contribution to the ongoing lively discussion on European constitutionalism by offering a new perspective and a new interpretation of European constitutional plurality. The book combines diverse disciplinary approaches and brings into the constitutional debate even other ...