The myth of judicial activism

making sense of Supreme Court decisions

This carefully considered book is a welcome addition to the debate over 'judicial activism'. Constitutional scholar Kermit Roosevelt offers an elegantly simple way to resolve the heated discord between conservatives, who argue that the Constitution is immutable, and progressives, who insist it is a living ...

Libertad de conciencia, neutralidad del Estado y principio de laicidad

(un estudio constitucional comparado)

INDICE: La libertad de conciencia: sustrato ontológico de las libertades ideológica y religiosa. La doble dimensión de la libertad de conciencia. La libertad de conciencia individual como fundamento de una "conciencia colectiva libre". El principio de laicidad y la libertad de conciencia religiosa: un binomio ...

The "Higuer Law" backround of American Constitutional Law

Having written extensively on various aspects of the American constitutional order, Edward S Corwin is considered a leading constitutional scholar of the twentieth century. Alpheus Mason described Corwin's writings as 'sources of learning and understanding - hallmarks to emulate and revere'. "The Higher Law Background ...

The classical foundations of the american constitution

prevailing wisdom

The Framers of the American Constitution were substantially influenced by ancient history and classical political theory, as exemplified by their education, the availability of classical readings, and their inculcation in classical republican values. This book explores how the Framing generation deployed classical learning to develop ...

Bourgeoisie, state, and democracy

Russia, Britain, France, Germany, and the USA

One of the key questions in social science is the role of the bourgeoisie in creating a democracy. An important issue in contemporary international politics is the trajectory of the current Russian political system. This book brings these questions together by exploring the role played ...

Écrire la Constitution non-écrite

une introduction au Droit politique britannique

Beaucoup pensent que le Royaume-Uni n'a pas de constitution. D'autres (les mêmes parfois...) reconnaissent que la plupart des régimes politiques modernes ont une dette importante envers les institutions politiques anglaises. Cette constitution britannique, qui ressemble si peu à la nôtre qu'on incline ...

El sufragio de los extranjeros

un estudio de Derecho comparado

The politics of precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court

"The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court" offers an insightful and provocative analysis of the Supreme Court's most important task - shaping the law. Thomas Hansford and James Spriggs analyze a key aspect of legal change: the Court's interpretation or treatment ...

The Artic promise

legal and political autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut

In Canada's Eastern Arctic and Greenland, the Inuit have been the majority for centuries. In recent years, they have been given a promise from Canadian and Danish governments that offers them more responsibility for their lands and thus control over their lives without fear ...

Conflicts between Fundamental Rights

Every human rights lawyer at some point or other comes across an issue of conflicting human rights. Yet there is surprisingly little literature on this issue; especially if one wants to examine the matter at a general level, above specific conflicts such as those between ...

Gender and the Constitution

equity and agency in comparative constitutional design

We live in an era of constitution-making. New constitutions are appearing in historically unprecedented numbers, following regime change in some countries, or a commitment to modernization in others. No democratic constitution today can fail to recognize or provide for gender equality. Constitution-makers need to understand ...

Il senso delle Costituzioni

INDICE: Introduzione.- Parte I. Il valore delle costituzioni.- Parte II. Costituzione, società civile e cultura.- Parte III. La Costituzione tra valori giuridici e politici.- Parte IV. Costituzione e democrazia.- Appendice.

Histoire constitutionnelle de la France

(1789-1958)

Ce travail s'adresse tout particulièrement aux étudiants des Facultés de droit et des Instituts d'études politiques, auxquels il s'efforce de livrer une connaissance précise des mécanismes qui forment le socle de notre culture constitutionnelle et politique. Il intéresse plus généralement tous ceux ...

Constitutional dilemmas

conflicts of fundamental legal rights in Europe and the USA

This book deals with one of the most important issues of philosophy of law and constitutional thought: how to understand clashes of fundamental rights, such as the conflict between free speech and privacy. The main argument of this book is that much can be learned ...

The hollow hope

can courts bring about social change?

In follow-up studies, dozens of reviews, and even a book of essays evaluating his conclusions, Gerald N. Rosenberg's critics - not to mention his supporters - have spent nearly two decades debating the arguments he first put forward in "The Hollow Hope". With this substantially expanded ...

Judging Russia

Constitutional Court in Russian Politics, 1990-2006

This book is the first in-depth study of the actual role that the Russian Constitutional Court played in protecting fundamental rights and resolving legislative-executive struggles and federalism disputes in both Yeltsin's and Putin's Russia. Trochev argues that judicial empowerment is a non-linear process ...

The bill of rights in Modern America

revised and expanded

This newly revised and expanded edition of "The Bill of Rights in Modern America" captures the noisy and potentially defining national debate about the nature and extent of our individual rights. Free speech, the separation of church and state, public safety and gun control, property ...

Nascita di un mito

Washington, 24 febbraio 1803: Marbury v. Madison e le origini della giustizia costituzionale negli Stati Uniti

Marbury v. Madison è convenzionalmente considerata la sentenza che ha inaugurato il sindacato di costituzionalità negli Stati Uniti, la prima in cui una legge del Congresso sia stata dichiarata illegittima per contrasto con la Costituzione federale. In realtà, il caso acquisì l'importanza che gli ...

Il potere di sospensiva delle leggi nell'ordinamento costituzionale italiano

Il volume analizza il potere di sospensiva delle leggi da parte della Corte costituzionale: tale potere, la cui ammissibilità era stata prospettata nel dibattito dottrinale già dagli anni #60, è stato introdotto dalla l. n. 131/2003 ma solo nell#ambito dei giudizi in via ...

Saggi di storia costituzionale

A cura di Sergio Bartole. Il libro viene a completare la pubblicazione degli scritti di storia costituzionale di Livio Paladin iniziata nel 2004. L'osservazione delle vicende costituzionali copre un arco temporale che si snoda tra gli anni del fascismo, ripercorsi qui in modo esaustivo ...