Advanced introduction to comparative constitutional law / Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard University, USA.
2014
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Title
Advanced introduction to comparative constitutional law / Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard University, USA.
Published
Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
K3165 .T87 2014
Former Call Number
Comp 910 T871 2014
ISBN
9781783473519 (pbk.)
1783473517 (pbk.)
9781781007310 (cased)
1781007314 (cased)
9781781007327 (ebook)
1781007322 (ebook)
1783473517 (pbk.)
9781781007310 (cased)
1781007314 (cased)
9781781007327 (ebook)
1781007322 (ebook)
Description
vi, 133 pages ; 22 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)870649574
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-126) and index.
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Table of Contents
1.
Introduction: comparative constitutional law -- history and contours
1
2.
Constitution-making
10
2.1.
Why make a constitution?
10
2.2.
The foundation of constitution-making: the constituent power
13
2.3.
The processes of constitution-making: questions about inclusiveness
19
2.4.
The substance of constitution-making: scope and comprehensiveness
24
2.5.
Why comply with the constitution?
36
2.6.
Conclusion
38
3.
The structures of constitutional review and some implications for substantive constitutional law
40
3.1.
Introduction
40
3.2.
Establishing constitutional review
41
3.3.
Political constitutionalism as an alternative to constitutional review in the courts
44
3.4.
The classical issues in the structure of constitutional review
48
3.5.
New structures of constitutional review
56
3.6.
The relation between structures of constitutional review and second- and third-generation constitutional rights
63
3.7.
The structure of constitutional review and third-generation rights
67
3.8.
Conclusion
69
4.
The structure of rights analysis: proportionality, rules and international law
70
4.1.
Introduction
70
4.2.
Balancing, proportionality and rules compared
71
4.3.
Explaining the difference
83
4.4.
A different alternative to proportionality review
88
4.5.
The role of international law in domestic constitutional law
91
5.
The structure of government
94
5.1.
The classical enumeration of the branches of government and its modification
94
5.2.
An emerging fifth branch of government?
96
5.3.
Beyond the fifth branch -- or modifying the three-branch model
108
5.4.
Conclusion
112
6.
Conclusion
114
6.1.
Forms of constitutionalism other than liberal constitutionalism
114
6.2.
Constitutions for modern and highly divided nations: contradictory definitions of "thin" constitutions
116
References
122
Index
127