Initiation au Droit constitutionnel

Préface de Paul Martens. Destiné à permettre à un large public de découvrir et, le cas échéant, d'étudier le droit constitutionnel dans son ensemble, l'ouvrage, actualisé au 1er décembre 2008, présente une structure qui est proche de celle de ta Constitution, en vue ...

Jurisdicción constitucional y legislador

Traducción, notas y estudio preliminar de Alberto Oehling de los Reyes. Ha sido Stern quien ha introducido, por ejemplo, la expresión «muéstrame tu Derecho del Estado y te diré qué Estado tienes» . Quizás una de las locuciones más conocidas de Stern. Este aserto no sólo ...

One Supreme Court

supremacy, inferiority, and the judicial power of the United States

Despite over two hundred years of experience with constitutional government, much remains unclear about the power of the political branches to curtail or re-define the judicial power of the United States. Uncertainty persists about the basis on which state courts and federal agencies may hear ...

Los consejos de garantía estatutaria

Las revisiones constitucionales de 1999 y 2001 en Italia y las reformas de los estatutos de autonomía en España, significadamente el de Cataluña de 2006, han supuesto una importante modificación del Derecho regional respectivo. Entre las novedades que ofrecen ambos sistemas jurídicos, destaca la relevancia ...

Garantismo espurio

Religion and the Constitution. T.1

Free exercise 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 members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? Should pacifists be ...

Derecho de la información

ÍNDICE :De la libertad del individuo a la libertad de los pueblos. La sociedad democrática y la opinión pública. El Derecho a recibir información. Las informaciones públicas y el espacio público. La dimensión global de la comunicación. La comunicación espacial: las telecomunicaciones. La cultura y ...

Religion and the Constitution.T.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 members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? Should pacifists be ...

Japón

constitución, parlamentarismo, Poder Judicial. Una mirada española

En este ensayo repasa la historia política y constitucional de Japón, país extremo-oriental que es, a juicio de muchos, el más occidental de todos; síntesis única de tradiciones milenarias, influencias extranjeras y esmero en la preservación de una idiosincrasia y cultural que han impreso carácter ...

The laws that shaped America

fifteen acts of Congress and their lasting impact

For better and sometimes for ill, Congress is a reflection of the aspirations, wants, and priorities of the American people. It reflects the kaleidoscope of special interests and unselfish service to others, of favors sought and sacrifices made. During each two-year session of Congress, thousands ...

The Founding Fathers, pop culture and Constitutional Law

who's your daddy?

Applying innovative interpretive strategies drawn from cultural studies, this book considers the perennial question of law and politics: what role do the founding fathers play in legitimizing contemporary judicial review? Susan Burgess uses narrative analysis, popular culture, parody, and queer theory to better understand and ...

Derecho a la sexualidad

Coordinador/Compilador Mario Silvio Gerlero. ÍNDICE: PRIMERA PARTE: GRIETAS EN EL DERECHO HEGEMÓNICO Capítulo I. El pluralismo jurídico y la diversidad sexual, por Mario S. Gerlero. Capítulo II. Reparo de la identidad de gays-lesbianas-trans (GLT) en el área jurídica, por Odile Pedrido. Capítulo III. La ...

Constitutional and Administrative Law

CONTENTS: General principles of the constitution; Parliamentary supremacy; The human rights act; The Executive (1); The Executive (2); Parliament; Judicial review - procedure; Judicial review grounds - illegality; Judicial review grounds - irrationality; Procedural impropriety, other grounds; Police accountability and powers; Freedom of assembly; Freedom of expression.

The Oxford handbook of the american presidency

Eds. George C. Edwards III, William G. Howell. The Oxford d Handbooks of American Politics is a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field ...

Gli ordinamenti costituzionali nordici

profili di Diritto pubblico comparato

I. Premesse metodologiche. # II. I diritti fondamentali. # III. La forma di stato: le esperienze autonomiche. # IV. Le forme di governo: profili evolutivi. # V. Referendum ed istituti di democrazia diretta. # VI. La giustizia costituzionale. # VII. Ordinamenti nordici ed integrazione europea. # VIII. Revisione ed evoluzione costituzionale. # Considerazioni ...

Weak courts, strong rights

judicial review and social welfare rights in comparative constitutional Law

Unlike many other countries, the United States has few constitutional guarantees of social welfare rights such as income, housing, or healthcare. In part this is because many Americans believe that the courts cannot possibly enforce such guarantees. However, recent innovations in constitutional design in other ...

Per uno studio comparativo del Diritto costituzionale

Introduzione. # I. A proposito del diritto costituzionale in una prospettiva storica e comparativa. # II. Una prospettiva valutativa nello studio del diritto costituzionale. # III. Diritto costituzionale e impegno etico dei giuristi. # IV. Diritto vivente e costituzione vivente. # V. L#insegnamento di Emilio Betti e il diritto ...

The new british Constitution

The last decade has seen radical changes in the way we are governed. Reforms such as the Human Rights Act and devolution have led to the replacement of one constitutional order by another. This book is the first to describe and analyse Britain's new ...

China, India y el futuro en un contexto democrático global

Los autores de este libro nos ofrecen una visión personal sobre las nuevas reglas que dominarán el juego económico y político en el Siglo XXI. La madurez de ciertos países asiáticos superpoblados e industriosos como China e India en contraste con la lenta pero constante ...

The American Congress reader

Eds. Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, Ryan J. Vander Wielen. The American Congress Reader provides a supplement to the popular and newly updated American Congress undergraduate textbook. By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a ...