Beyond Magna Carta

a constitution for the United Kingdom

The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta falls in June 2015. In this work Dr Blick argues that this event should be the occasion for a reassessment of the past, present and future of the UK constitution. He draws on his experience as research fellow to ...

Diversidad religiosa, integración social y acomodos

un análisis desde la realidad local en el vaso vasco

La gestión de la diversidad religiosa constituye uno de los desafíos más importantes y actuales de las sociedades democráticas. Este volumen ofrece propuestas de armonización y acomodo social, institucional o normativo para una más adecuada gestión de la diversidad religiosa desde un enfoque de derechos ...

Strong constitutions

social-cognitive origins of the separation of powers

The separation of powers is an idea with ancient origins, but nowadays it is largely relegated to legal doctrine, public philosophy, or the history of ideas. Yet the concept is often evoked in debates on the 'war' on terrorism, the use of emergency powers, or ...

The three branches

a comparative model of separation of powers

The idea of the separation of powers is still popular in much political and constitutional discourse, though its meaning for the modern state remains unclear and contested. This book develops a new, comprehensive, and systematic account of the principle. It then applies this new concept ...

The guardian of the Constitution

Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt on the limits of constitutional Law

This volume provides the first English translation of Hans Kelsen's and Carl Schmitt's influential Weimar-era debate on constitutional guardianship and the legitimacy of constitutional review. It includes Kelsen's seminal piece, 'The Nature and Development of Constitutional Adjudication', as well as key extracts ...

Diritto pubblico

Il manuale, giunto alla sua ottava edizione, illustra in maniera approfondita norme e istituti del diritto pubblico, prestando particolare attenzione all¿ormai imprescindibile dimensione del diritto dell¿Unione europea. Temi classici come le forme di Stato e di governo, i diritti fondamentali e il sistema ...

Il giudizio costituzionale

Mentre c'è un processo civile, penale, o amministrativo, ognuno regolato dal rispettivo codice di procedura, non vi è un modello unitario di giudizio costituzionale né un codice del relativo processo, ma vi sono plurimi giudizi costituzionali: il giudizio incidentale, attivato con ordinanza da un ...

The common Law constitution

For the 2013 Hamlyn Lectures, Sir John Laws explored the constitutional balance between law and government in the United Kingdom. He argues that the unifying principle of the constitution is the common law and that its distinctive method has endowed the British State with profoundly ...

Sistema federal argentino

En esta obra de ofrece el marco propicio para bosquejar la realidad del federalismo argentino en sus distintas formas, en sus vericuetos, en sus cadencias y, en suma, en sus diversas problemáticas, que sirven para dar cuenta y explicación de la complejidad del sistema político ...

La política del cambio constitucional en América Latina

Gabriel Negretto estudia el cambio constitucional y la elección institucional desde una perspectiva teórica comparada a partir de los procesos de conformación y transformación de las constituciones y el impacto que en la esfera social, política y económica de las sociedades donde acontecen, desde 1978 ...

The constitution of Canada

a contextual analysis

The book introduces and describes the principal characteristics of the Canadian constitution, including Canada's institutional structure and the principal drivers of Canadian constitutional development. The constitution is set in its historical context, noting especially the complex interaction of national and regional societies that continues ...

Reelección indefinida vs. democracia constitucional

sobre los límites al poder de reforma constitucional en el Ecuador

Este trabajo lleva a cabo un análisis crítico, con especial atención al caso del Ecuador, de la práctica abusiva intentada por varios pesidentes en América Latina, y que consiste en reformar la Constitución para poder perpetuarse en el poder -a veces de forma indefinida-. El ...

Parlamentary sovereignty in the UK Constitution

process, politics and democracy

The status of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty in the contemporary UK Constitution is much contested. Changes in the architecture of the UK Constitution, diminishing academic reverence for the doctrine, and a more expansive vision of the judicial role, all present challenges to the relevance ...

The Constitution of Singapore

a contextual analysis

Singapore's Constitution was hastily cobbled together after her secession from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965. In the subsequent 50 years, the Constitution has been amended many times to evolve a Constitution like no other in the world. Outwardly, Singapore has a Westminster-type constitutional ...

La séparation des pouvoirs et l'histoire constitutionnelle française

Sommaire: La separation des pouvoirs comme critere de la classification des constitutions. La separation des pouvoirs comme critere de classification des intentions des constituants.

Responsabilité civile extracontractuelle et Droits Fondamentaux

L'influence des droits fondamentaux sur le droit de la responsabilité civile a commencé dans les années 1980 et s'est intensifiée depuis l'instauration de la question prioritaire de constitutionnalité. Le Conseil constitutionnel, la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme et les juridictions ...

American epic

reading the U.S. constitution

In 1987, E.L. Doctorow celebrated the Constitution's bicentennial by reading it. "It is five thousand words long but reads like fifty thousand," he said. Distinguished legal scholar Garrett Epps-himself an award-winning novelist-disagrees. It's about 7,500 words. And Doctorow "missed a good ...

Constitucionalismo del Sur global

El Tribunal Supremo de India, el Tribunal Constitucional de Sudáfrica y la Corte Constitucional de Colombia son tres de los tribunales más importantes y creativos del Sur Global. En Asia, África y Latinoamérica, la mayoría considera estas cortes como activistas y les reconocen su contribución ...

Privacy

a very short introduction

Some would argue that scarcely a day passes without a new assault on our privacy. In the wake of the whistle-blower Edward Snowden's revelations about the extent of surveillance conducted by the security services in the United States, Britain, and elsewhere, concerns about individual ...

Freedom and its enemies

the tragedy of liberty

Contemporary Western constitutional systems promised a liberty-based political and social order. Yet over time, liberty has turned into a self-destructive force. The authors of this volume reflect on the demise of liberty (and with it liberty based constitutional orders) from the perspective of political practice ...