Defining the field of comparative constitutional law / edited by Vicki C. Jackson and Mark Tushnet ; foreword by William H. Rehnquist.
2002
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Title
Defining the field of comparative constitutional law / edited by Vicki C. Jackson and Mark Tushnet ; foreword by William H. Rehnquist.
Published
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Call Number
K3165 .D44 2002
Former Call Number
Comp 910 D366 2002
ISBN
0275970698 (alk. paper)
Description
xxiv, 260 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48892741
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / William H. Rehnquist
Introduction / Vicki C. Jackson Mark Tushnet
Abbreviations
Pt. I
Constitutional Conceptions
1Constitutional Conceptions and Constitutional Comparativism / Lorraine E. Weinrib
3
2Why Do We Study Constitutional Laws of Foreign Countries, and How? / Kazuyuki Takahashi
35
3Comparative Constitutional Law: Its Increasing Relevance / Donald P. Kommers
61
4Modern Constitutional Developments in the Arab World: The Case of Judicial Review in Egypt and Its Impact on Other Arab Countries / Adel Omar Sherif
71
5Reflections on Continental European Public Law in the Tradition of Hobbes and Napoleon / Thomas Fleiner
85
Pt. II
Constitutions, Courts, and Legitimacy
6European Integration and the Ideal of the Common Good / Winfried Brugger
93
7The United Kingdom Human Rights Act, 1998 / Geoffrey Marshall
107
8Judicial Systems: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century / Roberto G. MacLean
115
9Constitutional Development: The African Experience / Dullah Omar
175
Pt. III
Constitutions, Rights, and Reframing
10The Right to Freedom of Religion and Secularism in the Indian Constitution / Ratna Kapur
199
11The Shaping of a New Democracy Within the Context of Tradition: Equality and the Respect for Diversity / Dennis M. Davis
217
12A European Perspective: Economic and Social Rights in the French Constitution / Jean-Pierre Theron
231
13Comparative Constitutional Law in an Age of Economic Globalization / David Schneiderman
237
For Further Reading
249
Index
251
About the Editors and Contributors
257