The Rule of Law in Singapore: Legal Communitarianism, Paternal Democracy and the Developmentalist State
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Li-ann THIO
This book examines the operation of the rule of law in the non-liberal democracy of Singapore.
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The Rule of Law in Germany: Bringing the Rechtsstaat into the 21st Century
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Dana BURCHARDT and Hannah BIRKENKÖTTER
The rule of law, or Rechtsstaatsprinzip, is one of Germany’s oldest constitutional principles and forms part of Germany’s constitutional self-understanding. This book critically examines to what extent this key constitutional principle has translated into a reality for all.
Read MoreRepairing British Politics: A Blueprint for Constitutional Change
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Richard GORDON KC
The 1st edition of this seminal text was written as a response to the constitutional crisis of 2009, sparked by the 'expenses scandal', which led a general distrust of the UK's entire political order.
Read MoreJudging Composite Decision-Making: The Transformation of European
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Filipe BRITO BASTOS
This book examines the European Court of Justice’s principles relating to composite decision-making. Through rigorous case law analysis, it shows how these rely on national and Union observance of rule of law requirements…
Read MoreTwenty-First Century Perspectives on the Scholarship of AV Dicey: The Enduring Legacy of a Victorian Constitutionalist
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Catherine MARSHALL and Céline ROYNIER (eds)
This book reassesses AV Dicey's legacy in political and legal thought through the reflections of leading scholars who consider his importance not only in today's British constitutional and legal culture but also in other foreign constitutional cultures…
Read MorePrivate Law and the State
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Andrew ROBERTSON & Jason W. NEYERS (eds)
This collection explores the relationship between the state and private law. It addresses four overlapping questions; opening by asking why states recognise and enforce private law obligations and liabilities…
Read MoreAdministrative Tribunals in the Common Law World
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Stephen THOMSON, Matthew GROVES & Greg WEEKS (eds)
Tribunals are a vital part of the public law frameworks of many countries. This is the first edited book collection to examine administrative tribunals across the common law world…
Read MoreThe Danish EU Opt-Outs
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Christian THORNING
This book offers the first comprehensive legal study dedicated to the understanding of the Danish EU opt-outs. The impact of these is significant, falling as they do within Union citizenship, the euro, defense cooperation and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice…
Read MoreThe Dynamics of Powers in the European Union
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Christina ECKES, Päivi LEINO-SANDBERG & Anna W GHAVANINI (eds)
Separation of powers is the time-tested touchstone of the legitimate exercise of power in modern democracies. This collection examines decision-making in the EU’s multilayered and polycentric constitutional structure through this lens…
Read MoreEU Neighbourhood Law
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Alessandro PETTI
This book turns Wider Europe into an analytical concept to capture the legal and political facets of the extension of the EU’s legal space in the Union’s neighbourhood…
Read MoreConstitutional Reasoning in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Johanna FRÖHLICH (ed)
This book examines the jurisprudence of 15 constitutional courts and supreme courts, including the Caribbean Commonwealth and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights...
Read MoreWhy the Russian Constitution Matters
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William PARTLETT
This book tells the forgotten story of the ‘dark arts’ of constitutional law by explaining how Russian President Vladimir Putin used particular rules in the 1993 Russian Constitution to build and safeguard his personal power...
Read MoreAsian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 2: Constitutional Amendments
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Ngoc SON BUI & Mara MALAGODI
This is the second in a 4-volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in Asian jurisdictions...
Read MoreGood Judgment: The European Court of Justice as a Context-Conscious Lawmaker
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Urška ŠADL
Courts are context-conscious. They solve legal disputes with societal impact in mind, using interpretive tools and procedural means. This book develops concepts and methods for a systematic and legally informative analysis of this complex process...
Read MoreThe EFTA Court: Developing the EEA over Three Decades
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EFTA COURT (ed)
The EEA Agreement extends the four freedoms (persons, goods, services and capital) to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It provides for equal conditions of competition and abolishes discrimination on grounds of nationality...
Read MoreThe Right to be Oneself
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Guido ALPA
What does the right to be oneself entail? And how is it manifest in our understanding of the law? The leading commentator on this subject explores these questions, taking an ambitious and multi-faceted approach.
Read MoreContagion, Technology, and Law at the Limits
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Lynette J. CHUA & Jack Jin Gary LEE (eds)
This open access book explores law, politics, and inequality in fights against infectious diseases...
Read MoreThe Constitution of South Korea
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Chaihark HAHM
This book examines the South Korean Constitution in its political and historical context, with the stated aim of making it accessible to readers new to the subject…
Read MoreReferendums as Representative Democracy
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Leah TRUEBLOOD
In referendums on fundamental constitutional issues, do the people come together to make decisions instead of representatives? This book argues that they do not…
Read MoreGlobal Perspectives on Press Regulation, Volume 2
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Paul WRAGG & András KOLTAY (eds)
In this ground-breaking two-volume set, world-leading experts produce a rich, authoritative depiction of the world’s press…
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