Judicial Bricolage: The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges in the 21st Century

Edited by Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau and Irene Spigno

Tania Groppi is Professor of Public Law at the University of Siena, Italy.
Marie-Claire Ponthoreau is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Bordeaux, France.
Irene Spigno is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the Interamerican Academy of Human Rights, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico.

This 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. It updates The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges, edited by Tania Groppi and Marie-Claire Ponthoreau and published in 2013 as Volume 1 of the series Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law.

Presenting a quantitative and a qualitative analysis, the book gives a fuller picture of the state of the art of the practice of citing foreign precedents, resulting in essential reading for comparative and constitutional legal scholars.

Tania Groppi is Professor of Public Law at the University of Siena, Italy.

Marie-Claire Ponthoreau is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Bordeaux, France.

Irene Spigno is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the Interamerican Academy of Human Rights, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico.

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