LEADER 03987oam 2200541 450 001 9910809856903321 005 20240131141521.0 010 $a1-138-85767-X 010 $a1-135-10019-5 010 $a0-203-07257-X 035 $a(OCoLC)851695560 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8PUZ 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000387317 100 $a20120709d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRoutledge handbook of constitutional law /$fedited by Mark Tushnet, Thomas Fleiner and Cheryl Saunders 205 $a1st edition 210 $aOxfordshire, England ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$dc2013 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 503 pages) 225 0 $aRoutledge handbooks 225 0$aRoutledge handbooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-299-71613-X 311 $a0-415-78220-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aPART 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 327 $a24 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 327 $a36 Supranational organizations and their impact on national constitutions37 New technologies and constitutional law; Index 330 $a

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