Constitutional Courts and Judicial Review: Between Law and Politics

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Constitutional Courts and Judicial Review: Between Law and Politics

Dieter GRIMM

This is a collection of essays from Dieter Grimm, one of Germany’s most important constitutional lawyers. The book considers the fundamental questions under scrutiny today: are constitutional courts political or legal institutions? Is judicial review a political or a legal activity? Is it a threat to or a condition of democracy? Should these courts be abolished or strengthened? Is a rational interpretation of constitutional law possible?

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Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Scholarship of AV Dicey: The Enduring Legacy of a Victorian Constitutionalist

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Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Scholarship of AV Dicey: The Enduring Legacy of a Victorian Constitutionalist

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…

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