The Distorting Lens of Convergent Constitutional Theory
/Peter CANE
This book challenges the near-universal acceptance of a US-style, Western constitutional paradigm as the best basis for comparative constitutional studies.
Read MoreThis book challenges the near-universal acceptance of a US-style, Western constitutional paradigm as the best basis for comparative constitutional studies.
Read MoreThis book presents an in-depth interrogation of the theory and application of the Basic Structure Doctrine in the Federation of Malaysia.
Read MoreThis two-volume set on EU landmark cases discusses the most iconic judgments developed by the European Court of Justice since 1957.
Read MoreThis open access book explores the connection between proportionality and the moral concept of freedom from a variety of philosophical perspectives.
Read MoreThis book presents a new perspective on the debate around legitimacy, politics and constitutional law in Supreme Courts.
Read MoreThis open access book looks at interactions between UK public sector officials and researchers/innovators to shed light on barriers to data access and use.
Read MoreWhat makes a constitution difficult to amend? Many assume it's the stringency of the amendment rules, as seen with the U.S. Constitution. However, Mexico, with similar rules, has one of the most amended constitutions globally. So, if it's not the stringency of the rules, what is it?
Read MoreThis timely book astutely charts the transformative effect of the war in Ukraine on the EU, from both a legal and policy perspective.
Read MoreThis 2-volume work on EU landmark cases discusses the most iconic judgments developed by the European Court of Justice since 1957.
Volume 1 explores the ‘constitutional cases’ that have come to define the legal nature and competences of the Union.
Read MoreThis book assembles critical contributions on the work of T.R.S. Allan, the Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence and Public Law at the University of Cambridge whose leading work in legal and constitutional theory spans almost 45 years.
Read MoreThis book argues that all non-statutory powers of the Crown are royal prerogative powers and asserts that the Crown does not possess or exercise any 'third source' powers, common law powers or 'Ram doctrine' style freedoms.
Read MoreThis book explores how the concept of fairness is used in different legal fields to ensure that the laws we live under are just and reasonable.
Read MoreThe volume has three broad categories of paper: country studies which consider the evolution of public law within a particular jurisdictional context; historical studies, which shed light on the foundations of public law; and studies of contemporary and future issues, namely populism, COVID-19, protection of Indigenous peoples, and the public-private divide.
Read MoreOver the past two decades, liberal constitutionalism has been in decline. Yet some courts - including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of India, and the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal - have continued to progressively realize the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons.
Read MoreWhat does free speech mean? In this book, Paul Wragg argues for a universal formulation of free speech drawn exclusively from autonomy. He demonstrates that although the right has some applicability to the horizontal plane, it is more restrictive in some contexts, and more empowering in others, than the literature presently recognises.
Read MoreThis book tackles the most pressing problems of contemporary free speech law by examining where the idea of free expression came from in the first place, applying the lessons of the past to address the challenges of the present.
Read MoreThis book presents an empirical analysis of the UK Supreme Court’s output over its first ten years, with a specific focus on each individual judge’s contribution to each case
Read MoreThis book offers a key point of reference for reflective and thoughtful examinations of the rule of law in tax and related disciplines.
Read MoreThis book is a unique contribution to comparative legal studies by presenting the results of empirical research on the use of foreign precedents in constitutional interpretation in 31 jurisdictions worldwide.
Read MoreThis book identifies 2 polarising concepts used by Brazilian sociology to explain the formation of Brazil as a society: corruption and human rights.
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