Comparing Constitutions

Author : Bernard Rudden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198763441

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Comparing Constitutions by Bernard Rudden Pdf

A political scientist and a comparative lawyer have joined forces to produce a revised and expanded version of the late F. E. Finer's classic Five Constitutions. Their book gives the present texts of four important constitutions, the American, German, French, and Russian. It adds the basic political structure of the European Union, and provides a full account of the British constitution in the terms revealed by examination of the other texts. A general chapter on comparing constitutions is complemented by careful analytical and alphabetical indexes. This work is a useful reference work for academics and scholars interested in comparative constitutions, politics, and law.

Author : L.Wolf- Phillips
Publisher : Springer
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1972-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349015290

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Comparative Constitutions by L.Wolf- Phillips Pdf

Author : Samuel Edward Finer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Constitutions
ISBN : OCLC:1319194167

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Comparing constitutions by Samuel Edward Finer Pdf

Author : Blake Hudson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136661747

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Constitutions and the Commons by Blake Hudson Pdf

Constitutions and the Commons looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its domestic natural resources. Furthermore it considers how far the constitution facilitates the binding of constituent states, provinces or subnational units to honor the conditions of international environmental treaties. While the main focus is on the US, there is also detailed coverage of other nations such as Australia, Brazil, India, and Russia. After introducing the role of constitutions in establishing the legal framework for environmental management in federal systems, the author presents a continuum of constitutionally driven natural resource management scenarios, from local to national, and then to global governance. These sections describe how subnational governance in federal systems may take on the characteristics of a commons – with all the attendant tragedies – in the absence of sufficient national constitutional authority. In turn, sufficient national constitutional authority over natural resources also allows these nations to more effectively engage in efforts to manage the global commons, as these nations would be unconstrained by subnational units of government during international negotiations. It is thus shown that national governments in federal systems are at the center of a constitutional 'nested governance commons,' with lower levels of government potentially acting as rational herders on the national commons and national governments potentially acting as rational herders on the global commons. National governments in federal systems are therefore crucial to establishing sustainable management of resources across scales. The book concludes by discussing how federal systems without sufficient national constitutional authority over resources may be strengthened by adopting the approach of federal constitutions that facilitate more robust national level inputs into natural resources management, facilitating national minimum standards as a form of "Fail-safe Federalism" that subnational governments may supplement with discretion to preserve important values of federalism.

Author : Zachary Elkins,Tom Ginsburg,James Melton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139479745

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The Endurance of National Constitutions by Zachary Elkins,Tom Ginsburg,James Melton Pdf

Constitutions are supposed to provide an enduring structure for politics. Yet only half live more than nine years. Why is it that some constitutions endure while others do not? In The Endurance of National Constitutions Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg and James Melton examine the causes of constitutional endurance from an institutional perspective. Supported by an original set of cross-national historical data, theirs is the first comprehensive study of constitutional mortality. They show that whereas constitutions are imperilled by social and political crises, certain aspects of a constitution's design can lower the risk of death substantially. Thus, to the extent that endurance is desirable - a question that the authors also subject to scrutiny - the decisions of founders take on added importance.

Author : Thomas McIntyre Cooley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN : UOM:39015071593647

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Comparative Merits of Written and Prescriptive Constitutions ... by Thomas McIntyre Cooley Pdf

Author : L.Wolf- Phillips
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1972-06-18
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015052564724

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Comparative Constitutions by L.Wolf- Phillips Pdf

Author : Arthur Benz,Felix Knüpling
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783866495531

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Changing Federal Constitutions by Arthur Benz,Felix Knüpling Pdf

This book analyses constitutional change in federal and decentralizing countries from a comparative perspective. The authors identify structures, processes and strategies which have proven to favour successful constitutional amendment. Thereby, the book enables public officials, scholars, and students to learn from the constitutional reform experiences of other federal democracies and from practical suggestions how future reforms could be designed. From the Contents: The Relevance of Constitutional Change Constitutional Reform in “Co-operative” Federalism Constitutional Reform in Federal Systems with Divided Societies Devolution and Regionalisation in Federalising States Processes of Ratification Evolution after a Constitutional Reform Conclusion

Author : Charles Frederick Strong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : UCAL:$B21978

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Modern Political Constitutions by Charles Frederick Strong Pdf

Author : François Venter
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004481404

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Constitutional Comparison by François Venter Pdf

In our globalized era it has become impossible to deal effectively with constitutional law and related subjects such as fundamental rights, administrative law and political science without knowledge of foreign systems. A wealth of literature is available on practically all constitutional systems and the intricacies of their application. This, however, presents the constitutionalist with a formidable problem: Which foreign systems should I explore in order to make relevant comparisons, and how should I go about it? This book addresses the core problems of comparability and appropriate comparative methodology in the realm of contemporary constitutionalism. The outcome is, however, not mere theorizing. Most of the text is devoted to an incisive application of the chosen comparative method to four geographically, historically, and culturally divergent, but thoroughly comparable, constitutional systems. In the course of the comparative exercise, contemporary constitutional dogma and constitutional mechanics are analyzed and explained, in many instances in their historical contexts, making the book itself a useful source of comparative and historical information.

Author : Jeffrey Goldsworthy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199274130

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Interpreting Constitutions by Jeffrey Goldsworthy Pdf

This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts, compares the interpretive methods and underlying principles that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods and principles. Among the interpretive methods discussed are textualism, purposivism, structuralism and originalism. Each of the six federations is the subject of a separate chapter written by a leading authority in the field: Jeffrey Goldsworthy (Australia), Peter Hogg (Canada), Donald Kommers (Germany), S.P. Sathe (India), Heinz Klug (South Africa), and Mark Tushnet (United States). Each chapter describes not only the interpretive methodology currently used by the courts, but the evolution of that methodology since the constitution was first enacted. The book also includes a concluding chapter which compares these methodologies, and attempts to explain variations by reference to different social, historical, institutional and political circumstances.

Author : Helle Krunke,Björg Thorarensen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509910946

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The Nordic Constitutions by Helle Krunke,Björg Thorarensen Pdf

This book analyses the Nordic constitutional systems of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in a comparative context. It has two main aims: first to fill a gap in the literature by providing an accessible English language account of the Nordic constitutions, and second to provide a comparative analysis of them, revealing their similarities and differences within their political, historical and cultural contexts. In this respect, the book challenges the assumption that the Nordic countries form a homogeneous constitutional system due to their cultural and historical affinities, a view not necessarily supported by a close comparative examination. A key issue is EU membership –where the Nordic countries have made different choices at different times – and the book will show how this has affected the individual countries and whether a divide between EU member states (Denmark, Finland and Sweden) and non-members (Iceland and Norway) has appeared. Another key issue is how the ECHR has impacted the Nordic constitutional systems and whether the convention draws the Nordic systems closer to each other. The book represents a first of its kind in the English language, and will provide constitutional scholars with a valuable comparative resource on the Nordic region.

Author : A. W. Heringa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : 1780688830

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Constitutions Compared by A. W. Heringa Pdf

The 5th edition of this handbook provides a user-friendly introduction to comparative constitutional law. For each area of constitutional law, a general introduction and a comparative overview is provided, which is then followed by more detailed country chapters on that specific area. In this fifth edition, the author has expanded several chapters to provide for even more detail on national legal systems and constitutional comparison. In addition, he has updated the discussion wherever necessary. The book has also been expanded with a larger number of (sub)headings so as to allow for a better overview. Furthermore, this book most notably includes many constitutional developments in the constitutional systems within our scope. Including the 'Brexit' (to be) and the new compositions of the national and the European Parliament. In the previous edition the EU has more extensively been woven into this book, as a constitutional system per se and as an international organization which heavily impacts upon domestic constitutional law. This new edition has been expanded with chapters on human rights as they are protected in the constitutional legal systems, as well as in the multi-layered European legal order.This book has proven its success as a helpful guide for students who are for the first time exploring comparative constitutional law, and a solid foundation for more advanced graduate-level courses. It remains a thorough introduction which purports to give an overview, however with quite a few examples and applications in practice, and also sufficient legal and practical details to be accessible and to the point, whilst at the same time providing for the whole picture and highlighting general constitutional questions and perspectives.

Author : Aalt Willem Heringa
Publisher : Eleven International Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : 946236205X

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Constitutions Compared by Aalt Willem Heringa Pdf

We are delighted to announce the publication of the 6th edition of 'Constitutions Compared' which was previously published by Intersentia. It provides a user-friendly introduction to comparative constitutional law. For each area of constitutional law, a general introduction and a comparative overview is presented, followed by more detailed country chapters. This book is a helpful guide for students who are exploring comparative constitutional law for the first time and it provides a solid foundation for more advanced graduate-level courses.

Author : Tom Ginsburg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107020566

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Comparative Constitutional Design by Tom Ginsburg Pdf

Assesses what we know - and do not know - about comparative constitutional design and particular institutional choices concerning executive power and other issues.