Adopting a global-south perspective, this book explores the constitutional, political, and institutional measures that have paved the way for several aggressive state policies in various Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Read MoreThe book provides the first regionally widespread and thematic look at African electoral systems and antecedent issues such as electoral laws, gender, politics, violence, and youth challenges in Africa.
Read MoreThis book analyses the equal citizenship claims of women and sexual and gender diverse people across several Asian jurisdictions. Leading comparative constitutional law scholars identify ‘opportunity structures’ to explain the uneven advancement of gender equality through constitutional litigation…
Read MoreThis book shines a spotlight on the way in which parliamentary scrutiny of regulations provides the primary support for democratic legitimacy for regulations in the UK and Australia…
Read MoreWhat is the nature of the EU’s authority? This book explores this question, and is much needed given the increased scrutiny of the EU's actions in the face of growing nationalism and various other internal and external challenges…
Read MoreThis book analyses how the recent information revolution has radically changed the way courts communicate with the public. It focuses on the consequences of the communication revolution of courts…
Read MoreThis book presents a defence of the value of equality within law which is neither purely formal nor an all-things-considered theory of justice…
Read MoreThis open access book delivers a much-needed analysis of the relationship between the EU financial constitution and democracy in the multi-level system…
Read MoreThis ambitious, innovative project examines the principle of effective judicial protection in EU law over two volumes. In the second volume an expert team explores how the national courts have applied Article 47…
Read MoreThis book is part of a 2-volume set which investigates the canon of constitutionally conforming interpretation. Both volumes analyse the canon’s use in the national, supranational and international context and reflect on the issues raised…
Read MoreThis book considers how courts engage with questions of fact in public law adjudication. It also considers whether the existing laws and practices surrounding evidence are sufficient, and how…
Read MoreIn this ground-breaking two-volume set, world-leading experts produce a rich, authoritative depiction of the world's press, its freedom, and its limits…
Read MoreThis book explores accountability from a range of perspectives, crossing traditional disciplinary, thematic, and professional boundaries…
Read MoreDespite a long and venerable tradition, the material constitution almost disappeared from constitutional scholarship after the Second World War…
Read MoreThis book argues that contemporary constitutionalism is characterised by a ‘default vertical’ approach to constitutional rights. ‘Default verticality’ means that while horizontal constitutional rights are not unknown…
Read MoreThis book considers the impact of judicial avoidance: What happens when courts leave parts of the merits of the case, or their whole, undecided for…
Read MoreThis book explores the legal, judicial and constitutional framework of Hong Kong. As with other volumes in the classic Constitutional Systems of the World series, it offers a rigorous…
Read MoreThis open access book considers the consequences that arise from the different degrees of codification of general administrative law. It answers important questions…
Read MoreThe chapters collected in this book explore the place and role of judge-made private law in an emerging European polity. The book aims to add a private legal perspective to…
Read MoreThis book shines a light on the still unexplored relationships between federalism and disability rights. It investigates how the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is implemented by different federal systems…
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