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Routledge handbook of constitutional law / / edited by Mark Tushnet, Thomas Fleiner and Cheryl Saunders
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Pubblicazione: | Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2013 |
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | |
Edizione: | 1st edition |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 503 pages) |
Disciplina: | 342 |
Soggetto topico: | Constitutional law |
Persona (resp. second.): | TushnetMark V. <1945-> |
Fleiner-GersterThomas <1938-> | |
SaundersCheryl | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Routledge handbook of constitutional law ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-138-85767-X |
1-135-10019-5 | |
0-203-07257-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786951903321 |
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