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Constitutional law in theory and practice / / David Beatty



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Autore: Beatty David M. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Constitutional law in theory and practice / / David Beatty Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1995
©1995
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 342.71
Soggetto topico: Constitutional law - Canada
Constitutional law
Civil rights - Social aspects
Social contract
Soggetto geografico: Canada
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-199) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Constitutional Law -- Introduction -- Constitutions -- Purpose -- Style -- The Dilemma -- Methods of Reform -- Constitutional Law -- Purpose and Method -- The Controversy -- The Rules -- 2 Division of Powers -- Introduction -- What Do the Words Mean? -- The Plain-Meaning Approach -- External Aids: Dictionaries and Precedents -- Internal Aids: The Intention of the Framers and the Logic of the Text -- The Federal Principle -- Guaranteeing Equal Sovereignty -- Maximizing Equal Sovereignty -- Constitutional Law -- The Rules -- The Rules and the Record of the Court -- The Possibility of Judicial Review -- 3 Human Rights -- Introduction -- What Do the Words Mean? -- External Aids: American and Canadian Bills of Rights -- Internal Aids: The Intention of the Framers and the Logic of the Text -- Defining Rights -- Fundamental Freedoms: Expression and Religion -- Reasonable Limits and Maximizing Rights -- Human Rights and Legal Reasoning -- Human Rights and the Rules of Constitutional Law -- Rationality, Proportionality, and the Record of the Court -- Human Rights and Judicial Exemptions -- Scope of the Charter: Where Rationality and Proportionality Do Not Apply -- Human Rights and Judicial Deference -- The Possibility of Judicial Review -- 4 Comparative Constitutional Law -- Introduction -- The United States -- India -- Japan -- Germany -- The European Court of Human Rights -- 5 Law and Politics -- Rights and the Rules of Law -- Rights and Duties -- Law and Politics -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W.
Sommario/riassunto: David Beatty draws on more than twenty years' teaching experience to produce a comprehensive introduction to the basic rules in constitutional law, accessible to law and non-law students alike.
Titolo autorizzato: Constitutional law in theory and practice  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-5975-0
1-4426-5517-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816119203321
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