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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786951903321

Titolo

Routledge handbook of constitutional law / / edited by Mark Tushnet, Thomas Fleiner and Cheryl Saunders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2013

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-138-85767-X

1-135-10019-5

0-203-07257-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 503 pages)

Collana

Routledge handbooks

Disciplina

342

Soggetti

Constitutional law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Table of cases; Introduction; PART I General issues; 1 Constitutions; 2 Constitutions embedded in different legal systems; 3 International relations and international law; 4 Constitutions and legitimacy over time; 5 Constitution-writing processes; PART II Structures; 6 Systems of government; 7 Emergency powers; 8 The judiciary and constitutional review; 9 Justiciability; 10 Administrative bureaucracy; 11 Elections and electoral systems in constitutional regimes; 12 Federalism and autonomy; 13 Minority rights; 14 Horizontal effect/state action

PART III Rights1. Integrity; 15 'Human dignity' as a constitutional doctrine; 16 The limits of punishment; 2. Communication rights; 17 Ancient and modern: access to information and constitutional governance; 18 Freedom of expression and association; 19 Freedom of religion and religion-state relations; 3. Due process; 20 Procedural fairness generally; 21 Rights in the criminal process: a case study of convergence and disclosure rights; 4. Non-discrimination; 22 General provisions dealing with equality; 23 Sites of constitutional struggle for women's equality

24 Race and ethnicity discrimination25 Affirmative action; 26 Minorities and group rights; 5. Rights and society; 27 Rights of non-citizens; 28



Proprietary constitutionalism; 29 Fundamental social rights; 30 Linguistic and cultural rights; 31 Environmental rights and future generations; PART IV New challenges; 32 Asylum and refugees; 33 The competing effect of national uniqueness and comparative influences on constitutional practice; 34 Multicultural societies and migration; 35 Constitutions, populations and demographic change

36 Supranational organizations and their impact on national constitutions37 New technologies and constitutional law; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>The <EM>Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law</EM> 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 chall