Constitutionalizing economic globalization

investment rules and democracy's promise

Are foreign investors the privileged citizens of a new constitutional order that guarantees rates of return on investment interests? Schneiderman explores the linkages between a new investment rules regime and state constitutions - between a constitution-like regime for the protection of foreign investment and the constitutional ...

Essai sur la fondamentalisation du Droit des affaires

Les droits fondamentaux, consacrés notamment dans la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme, exercent une influence croissante sur le droit des affaires. Un mouvement de fondamentalisation de cette matière s'observe donc et mérite l'attention. Il doit reposer avant tout sur la mise ...

A people's history of the Supreme Court

the men and women whose cases and decisions have shaped our constitution

Now updated with recent cases regarding the Ten Commandments and recent changes to the bench, this volume offers a penetrating look at the highest court in the land and focuses on controversial rulings on racial segregation, free speech, and school prayer.

The persons case

the origins and legacy of the fight for legal personhood

On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, Englanda??s reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the Persons case that women were eligible for appointment to Canadaa??s Senate. Initiated by Edmonton judge Emily Murphy and four other activist women, the Persons case challenged the exclusion of women ...

Il Diritto costituzionale tra principi di libertà e istituzioni

Raccoglie importanti contributi dell'Autore sulle più importanti tematiche del diritto costituzionale. Ne risulta quindi un ideale testo di approfondimento ed insieme esemplificativo della materia di diritto costituzionale.

The power of precedent

The role that precedent plays in constitutional decisionmaking 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 ...

Stato di Diritto e democrazia nella costituzione del Liechtenstein

SOMMARIO:Apertura dei lavori (Alessandra Briganti). # Introduzione (Agostino Carrino). # Presentazione (Hans Adam II). # Relazioni: Forma di governo parlamentare e democrazia nella Costituzione del Liechtenstein (Claudio Rossano). # Possibilità e limiti del mutamento costituzionale (Günther Winkler). # Il Liechtenstein, Monaco e il Consiglio d#Europa (Georg Ress). # La ...

Religion and the Constitution. Vol. 2

Establishment and fairness

Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others. Should students in public schools be allowed to organize devotional Bible readings and prayers on ...

Constitutional and Administrative Law

CONTENTS: Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Statutory Instruments 1 Constitutions - What, Why and Characteristics 2 Structure of United Kingdom Governance 3 Sources of the United Kingdom Constitution 4 Membership of the European Union 5 The Rule of Law 6 Separation of Powers ...

Lezioni di storia delle codificazioni e delle costituzioni

I. Costituzioni e codici con un cenno al sei- settecento (M. Ascheri). # II. Diritto e processo penale alla fine dell#Ancien Régime (M. Chiantini). # III. L#italia al bivio: le istituzioni politiche della restaurazione (S. Notari). # IV. All#origine del controllo di costituzionalità delle leggi ...

Saving the Constitution from Lawyers

how legal training and Law reviews distort constitutional meaning

This book is a sweeping indictment of the legal profession in the realm of constitutional interpretation. The adversarial, advocacy-based American legal system is well suited to American justice, in which one- sided arguments collide to produce a just outcome. But when applied to constitutional theorizing ...

La participación política como derecho fundamental en la Constitución de España y de Europa

La participación política como derecho fundamental del ciudadano español sustentada en la Constitución de España y en el Tratado por el cual se integra una Constitución para Europa es la contribución al estudio de los derechos políticos que aporta esta obra. Lo que se propone ...

Expounding the Constitution

essays in constitutional theory

Ed. Grant Huscroft. What does it mean to interpret the constitution? Does constitutional interpretation involve moral reasoning, or is legal reasoning something different? What does it mean to say that a limit on a right is justified? How does judicial review fit into a democratic ...

"Solo il re ha il potere delle armi"

Copenaghen, 18 ottobre 1660: gli Stati Generali di Danimarca e l'instaurazione dell'assolutismo monarchico

Nel 1660 la pressione geostrategica svedese, le sconfitte militari e la crisi finanziaria conducono la Danimarca-Norvegia a ridimensionare drasticamente il potere nobiliare e a introdurre un deciso assolutismo monarchico. Sono gli Stati Generali a consentire questo, favorendo un notevole rinnovamento costituzionale, istituzionale, fiscale e di ...

Constitutional conscience

the moral dimension of judicial decision

While many recent observers have accused American judges - especially Supreme Court justices - of being too driven by politics and ideology, others have argued that judges are justified in using their positions to advance personal views. Advocating a different approach - one that eschews ideology but still ...

Constitutional fictions

a unified theory of constitutional facts

David Faigman's Constitutional Fictions is the first book-length examination of the role of fact-finding in constitutional cases. Because the role of facts is central to the day-to-day realities of constitutional law, Faigman provides an extraordinarily important analysis of a subject that has been largely ...

Scales of Justice

reimagining political space in a globalizing world

Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that 'Westphalian' picture of political space assumed by default, the scope of justice was rarely subject to explicit dispute. Today, the scope of justice is hotly contested ...

Percorsi del "nuovo costituzionalismo"

Il volume comprende una raccolta di scritti dell'Autore - pubblicati nel corso degli ultimi anni - intesi ad evidenziare i percorsi di un "nuovo costituzionalismo" che fuoriesce dalla dimensione strettamente statalistica del costituzionalismo classico, in ottiche multilivello e policentriche, procedendo dai livelli sopranazionali di ordinamento per ...

Regionalismo e sovranazionalità

Il volume intende offrire un quadro dei problemi che, nel sistema costituzionale "multilivello" affermatosi in Europa, si pongono per effetto del doppio intreccio federale: per effetto cioè della presenza, in alcuni Stati membri, di entità sub-statali dotate di competenze legislative costituzionalmente garantite. Questa tematica viene ...

El Derecho a la libertad de expresión frente al Derecho a la no discriminación

tensiones, relaciones e implicaciones

INDICE: Algo sobre la libertad de expresión. El derecho de toda persona a no ser discriminada.Las tensiones entre la libertad de expresión y el derecho a no ser discriminado. Las relaciones positivas entre la libertad de expresión y el derecho a no ser discriminado ...