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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508301803321

Autore

Rogowski Ralf

Titolo

Constitutional Courts in Comparison : The US Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78533-096-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GawronThomas

Disciplina

347.7326

Soggetti

Constitutional courts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction - Constitutional Litigation as Dispute Processing: Comparing the U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court -- Part I - Access and Case Selection -- Chapter 1 - Constitutional Litigation in the United States -- Chapter 2 - Access to the German Federal Constitutional Court -- Chapter 3 - Mobilization of the German Federal Constitutional Court -- Part II - Decision Making -- Chapter 4 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Strategic Decision-Making Process -- Chapter 5 - Decision Making at the German Federal Constitutional Court -- Chapter 6 - Junior Varsity Judges? Law Clerks in the Decision Process of the U.S. Supreme Court -- Chapter 7 - Legal Assistants at the German Federal Constitutional Court: A "Black Box" of Research? -- Part III - Implementation -- Chapter 8 - The Implementation of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions -- Chapter 9 - Implementation of German Federal Constitutional Court Decisions: Judicial Orders and the Federal Legislature -- Part IV - Comparative Perspectives -- Chapter 10 - The U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court: Selection, Nomination, and Election of Justices -- Chapter 11 - The Impact of the German Federal Constitutional Court on the Consolidation and Quality of Democracy -- Chapter 12 - Constitutional Courts in Changing Political Systems -- Index.