Routledge handbook of constitutional law

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Author:

Tushnet, Mark V., 1945- editor.

ISBN:

9781138857674

Physical Description:

xxiv, 503 pages ; 25 cm.

Series:

Routledge handbooks.

Contents:

Introduction / Mark Tushnet -- Pt. I. General issues. Constitutions / Yasuo Hasebe and Cesare Pinelli -- Constitutions embedded in different legal systems / Thomas Fleiner and Cheryl Saunders -- International relations and international law / Anne Peters and Ulrich Preuss -- Constitutions and legitimacy over time / Catherine Dupré and Jiunn-rong Yeh ? Constitution-writing processes / Jennifer Widner and Xenophon Contiades

Pt. II. Structures. Systems of government / Denis Baranger and Christina Murray -- Emergency powers / Victor V. Ramraj and Menaka Guruswamy -- The judiciary and constitutional review / Albert H.Y. Chen and Miguel Poiares Maduro -- Justiciability / Mark Tushnet and Juan F. Gonzáles- Bertomeu -- Administrative bureaucracy / Janet MacLean with Mark Tushnet -- Elections and electoral systems in constitutional regimes / Mahendra Pal Singh -- Federalism and autonomy / Lidija R. Basta Fleiner and Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens -- Minority rights / Solomon Dersso and Francesco Palermo -- Horizontal effect /state action / Colm O'Cinneide and Manfred Stelzer

Pt. III. Rights. 1. Integrity. Human dignity as a constitutional doctrine / Margit Cohn and Dieter Grimm -- The limits of punishment / Martin Scheinen and Denise Meyerson -- 2. Communication rights. Ancient and modern : access to information and constitutional governance / Thomas Bull and Hugh Corder -- Free expression and association / Iain Currie -- Freedom of religion and religion-state relations / W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Carolyn Evans

3. Due process. Procedural fairness generally / Sophie Boyron and Wendy Lacey -- Rights in the criminal process : a case study of convergence and disclosure rights / Máximo Langer and Kent Roach -- 4. Non-discrimination.General provisions dealing with equality / Brun-Otto Bryde and Michael Ashley Stein -- Sites of constitutional struggle for women's equality / Ruth Rubio-Marín and Wen-Chen Chang -- Race and ethnicity discrimination / Patrick Macklem and Adrien K. Wing -- Affirmative action / Robert J. Cottrol and Megan Davis -- Minorities and group rights / Michael M. Karayanni and Roberto Gargarella

5. Rights and society. Rights of non-citizens / Atsushi Kondo and Dragoljub Popović -- Proprietary constitutionalism / Jeremy Webber and Kirsty Gover -- Fundamental and social rights / George Katrougalos and Paul O'Connell -- Linguistic and cultural rights / Bipin Adhikari and Carlos Viver Pi-Sunyer -- Environmental rights and future generations / Hong Sik Cho and Ole W. Pedersen

Pt. IV. New challenges. Asylum and refugees / Michelle Foster and Jonathan Klaaren -- The competing effect of national uniqueness and comparative influences on constitutional practice / Zaid Al-Ali and Arun K. Thiruvengadam -- Multicultural societies and migration / Pierre Bosset, Anna Gamper and Theo Öhlinger -- Constitutions, populations and demographic change / Brian Opeskin and Enyinna Nwauche -- Supranational organizations and their impact on national constitutions / Marcus Böckenförde and Daniel Sabsay -- New technologies and constitutional challenges / Thomas Fetzer and Christopher S. Yoo.

Abstract:

This book presents the key issues in constitutional law thematically allowing for a truly comparative approach to the subject. It also pays particular attention to constitutional design, identifying and evaluating various solutions to the challenges involved in constitutional architecture.

Subject Term:

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Constitutional law -- Cases.

Added Author:

Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

Fleiner-Gerster, Thomas, 1938-

Saunders, Cheryl,

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The Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law is an advanced level reference work which surveys the current state of constitutional law. Featuring new, specially commissioned papers by a range of leading scholars from around the world, it offers a comprehensive overview of the field as well as identifying promising avenues for future research. The book presents the key issues in constitutional law thematically allowing for a truly comparative approach to the subject. It also pays particular attention to constitutional design, identifying and evaluating various solutions to the challenges involved in constitutional architecture.

The book is split into four parts for ease of reference:

Part One: General issues "sets issues of constitutional law firmly in context including topics such as the making of constitutions, the impact of religion and culture on constitutions, and the relationship between international law and domestic constitutions. Part Two: Structures presents different approaches in regard to institutions or state organization and structural concepts such as emergency powers and electoral systems Part Three: Rights covers the key rights often enshrined in constitutions Part Four: New Challenges - explores issues of importance such as migration and refugees, sovereignty under pressure from globalization, Supranational Organizations and their role in creating post-conflict constitutions, and new technological challenges.

Providing up-to-date and authoritative articles covering all the key aspects of constitutional law, this reference work is essential reading for advanced students, scholars and practitioners in the field.