Judicial review

Discusses Upendra Baxi''s role as an Indian jurist and how his contributions have shaped our understanding of legal jurisprudence.

Der Kommentar zum Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz (BVerfGG) erläutert umfassend das aktuelle Organisations- und Prozessrecht des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (BVerfG) mit seinen verfassungsrechtlichen Bezügen.

Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day.

The second volume in this series explores the evolution of administrative laws in Europe to better understand the foundations of EU institutions, focusing on the period of 1890-1910.

Shows how judges work in a deliberative fashion with aligned political parties to re-interpret legal and constitutional text.

Constitutions divide into those that provide for a constitutionally protected set of rights, where courts can strike down legislation, and those where rights are protected predominantly by parliament, where courts can interpret legislation to protect rights, but cannot strike down legislation.

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Contemporary democracies have granted an expansive amount of power to unelected judges that sit in constitutional or supreme courts.

Argues that legislatures are necessary for securing human rights, and opposes theories that locate that responsibility primarily with courts.

Contemporary democracies have granted an expansive amount of power to unelected judges that sit in constitutional or supreme courts.

Constitutions divide into those that provide for a constitutionally protected set of rights, where courts can strike down legislation, and those where rights are protected predominantly by parliament, where courts can interpret legislation to protect rights, but cannot strike down legislation.

In a comprehensive examination of the constitutional systems of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, Po Jen Yap contributes to a field that has traditionally focussed on Western jurisdictions.

From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law.

This new history of the Christian Right considers how conservative evangelicals in the modern American South forged a political identity.

EU law applies in a significant range of areas where public bodies take decisions that are susceptible to judicial review and it is an increasingly important element of the treatment of powers and remedies in public law.

Uses the EU Treaty framework to (re)assess the legitimacy of the Court of Justice''s institutional role in European integration.

From the ancient origins of Just War doctrine to utilitarian and retributive theories of punishment, concepts of proportionality have long been an instrumental part of the rule of law and an essential check on government power.

We are confronted with a jarring reality that the Left has succeeded in growing the power of the courts.

Judicial Review, Third Edition covers the grounds for review, defences to an application, the remedies and procedures involved and covers the Rules of the Superior Courts 2011, SI 691/2011.

An exploration of how and why the Constitution's plan for independent courts has failed to protect individuals' constitutional rights, while advancing regressive and reactionary barriers to progressive regulation.

This book offers the first quantitative study of decision-making on the UK Supreme Court.

EU law applies in a significant range of areas where public bodies take decisions that are susceptible to judicial review and it is an increasingly important element of the treatment of powers and remedies in public law.

In analyzing the Supreme Court's powers in federal-state relations, the author demonstrates that the framers of the constitution clearly intended that the Court should be the federal umpire, thus disproving a charge by modern states' righters of usurpation of power by the Supreme Court.

This is the second edition of Hart's leading book on the principle and practice of judicial review in Northern Ireland.

The 3rd edition of this leading text provides a detailed account of the purposes of judicial review; the nature of the public-private divide in Northern Ireland law; the judicial review procedure; the grounds for review; and remedies.

From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law.

In its six-decade history, the German Federal Constitutional Court has become one of the most powerful and influential constitutional tribunals in the world.

In a comprehensive examination of the constitutional systems of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, Po Jen Yap contributes to a field that has traditionally focussed on Western jurisdictions.

English courts have traditionally held a policy of judicial restraint towards regulatory decisions in the commercial context.

Multiplication des affaires, explosion des contentieux, procès retentissants qui tiennent en alerte l'opinion : autant de manifestations d'une montée en puissance de la justice, dont on attend qu'elle soit à la fois l'arbitre des moeurs, le garant de la moralité publique et le responsable du salut des personnes.

Lee Bollinger is one of our foremost experts on the First Amendment--both an erudite scholar and elegant advocate.

The third wave of democracy that reached African shores at the end of the Cold War brought with it a dramatic decline from 1990 onwards in dictatorships, military regimes, one-party governments, and presidents for life.

Since the 1990 wave of constitutional reforms in Africa, the role of constitutional courts or courts exercising the power to interpret and apply constitutions have become a critical aspect to the on-going process of constitutional construction, reconstruction, and maintenance.

This book illuminates how law and politics interact in the judicial doctrines and explores how democracy sustains and is sustained by the exercise of judicial power.

The Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Marshall case asserted sweeping Native treaty rights and generated intense controversy.

Lee Bollinger is one of our foremost experts on the First Amendment--both an erudite scholar and elegant advocate.

Explores the relationship between the legitimacy, the efficacy, and the decision-making of national and transnational constitutional courts.