The challenge of originalism

theories of constitutional interpretation

Originalism is a force to be reckoned with in constitutional interpretation. At one time a monolithic theory of constitutional interpretation, contemporary originalism has developed into a sophisticated family of theories about how to interpret and reason with a constitution. Contemporary originalists harness the resources of ...

The substance of representation

Congress, american political development, and lawmaking

Lawmaking is crucial to American democracy because it completely defines and regulates the public life of the nation. Yet despite its importance, political scientists spend very little time studying the direct impact that the politics surrounding a particular issue has on lawmaking. The Substance of ...

Constitutional courts as positive legislators

a comparative law study

During the past decade the role of constitutional courts has dramatically changed. Today, constitutional courts condition their decisions with the presumption of constitutionality of statutes, opting to interpret them according to or in harmony with the Constitution in order to preserve them, instead of deciding ...

Estudios de Derecho constitucional

El libro contiene una serie de trabajos publicados en revistas especializadas y libros colectivos sobre las cuestiones más importantes del Derecho Constitucional

Pueblos indígenas, diversidad cultural y justicia ambiental

un estudio de las nuevas constituciones de Ecuador y Bolivia

Las constituciones de Ecuador (2008) y Bolivia (2009) propugnan un cambio en la relación entre la sociedad y la naturaleza y, con ello, un modelo de desarrollo que, aparentemente, intenta superar las limitaciones del modelo político y económico dominante, en crisis, entre otras cosas, por ...

American epic

a reader's guide to the U.S. Constitution

The Constitution is about to turn 225 years old, and throughout its long history, attempts to discern its meaning have dominated American politics. Indeed, arguments over its meaning are more animated today than ever given the popularity of the Tea Party, whose adherents demand strict ...

American constitutional Law

Originally published in 1955, this book by legal historian Bernard Schwartz presents the workings of American constitutional law for a non-American audience. Schwartz explains in the preface that 'essential to an understanding of the United States is some knowledge of the American system of constitutional ...

L'evoluzione costituzionale delle libertà e dei Diritti Fondamentali

INDICE: Parte Prima: Temi generali nello studio dei diritti fondamentali. – I. Appunti per un bilancio sulla libertà individuale nella esperienza costituzionale italiana (R. Nania). – II. I diritti tra Costituzione e tutele sopranazionali (R. Nania). – III. La dignità dell’uomo e il “principio libertà” nella cultura ...

La evolución de la justicia constitucional

El libro que el lector tiene entre las manos recopila los artículos publicados por el autor en el ámbito de la justicia constitucional en los cuatro años que median entre el verano del 2008 y el otoño del 2012. Son todos ellos artículos elaborados y ...

The power of Habeas Corpus in America

from the King's Prerogative to the war on terror

Despite its mystique as the greatest Anglo-American legal protection, habeas corpus's history features power plays, political hypocrisy, ad hoc jurisprudence, and failures in securing individual liberty. This book tells the story of the writ from medieval England to modern America, crediting the rocky history ...

The arc of due process in american constitutional Law

Topics such as military tribunals, same-sex marriage, informative privacy, reproductive rights, affirmative action, and states' rights fill the landscape of contemporary legal debate and media discussion, and they all fall under the umbrella of the Due Process Clauses of the United States Constitution. However, what ...

The British Constitution

continuity and change. A Festschrift for Vernon Bogdanor

Vernon Bogdanor once told The Guardian that he made 'a living of something that doesn't exist'. He also quipped that the British Constitution can be summed up in eight words: 'Whatever the Queen in Parliament decides is law.' That may still be the case ...

West-Nordic constitutional judicial review

a comparative study of scandinavian review and judicial reasoning

The pros and cons of judicial review are well known to most people interested in the subject. Conversely, this thesis is not on what ought to be. Rather, the focus will be on what constitutional judicial review actually is in the West-Nordic countries.

Juristas y enseñanzas alemanas (I): 1945-1975

Con lecciones para la España actual

Este libro es un nuevo fruto de las preocupaciones de su autor relacionadas con el mundo alemán y se une a otros anteriores salidos de su pluma. Se trata en él un período histórico marcado por los cambios vividos en la doctrina alemana tras la ...

Ensayos de teoría general sustantiva y procesal de los Derechos Fundamentales en el Derecho comparado y el Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos

Law, religion, Constitution

freedom of religion, equal treatment, and the Law

What is the place assigned to religion in the constitutions of contemporary States? What role is religion expected to perform in the fields that are the object of constitutional regulation? Is separation of religion and politics a necessary precondition for democracy and the rule of ...

Patterns of constitutional design

the role of citizens and elites in constitution-making

To what extent does the constitution-making process matter? By focusing on three central aspects of constitution-making; the nature of the constitution-making body, how it reaches decisions and the way in which a new constitution is legitimized and by examining a wide range of case studies ...

The nature of Supreme Court Power

Few institutions in the world are credited with initiating and confounding political change on the scale of the United States Supreme Court. The Court is uniquely positioned to enhance or inhibit political reform, enshrine or dismantle social inequalities, and expand or suppress individual rights. Yet ...

Ciudadanía, derechos políticos y justicia electoral en México

Memoria del IV Seminario Internacional del Observatorio Judicial Electoral

Ciudadanía, derechos políticos y justicia electoral en México es una obra colectiva que presenta el resultado del "IV Seminario Internacional del Observatorio Judicial Electoral", celebrado el 6 y 7 de octubre de 2011 en la ciudad de México bajo el auspicio del Tribunal Electoral del ...

Les discours constitutionnels sur la <<violation de la Constitution>> sous la Ve République

Omniprésente au début de la Ve République dans les discours constitutionnels, l’expression « violation de la Constitution » a progressivement disparu alors que la pratique initiée par le général de Gaulle est restée inchangée. Cette disparition des discours signifie-t-elle que la notion de « violation de la ...