Global Constitutionalism 2014: Sources of Law and of Rights

Judith Resnik (ed)

Global Constitutionalism Seminar E-Book Series

This book, Sources of Law and of Rights (ed. Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law), is one of series of forthcoming E-Books, disseminating readings provided for the Yale Global Constitutional Seminar which is a part of the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights at the Yale Law School.  The support of Peter and Patricia Gruber makes possible this sharing of ideas, actions, and aspirations in the hopes of working toward a more humane, egalitarian, and just environment than the one we currently inhabit.  This E-Book, on-line series is a part of Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and is supported by the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund at Yale Law School.

In short, across these five chapters, common questions emerge about the limits on, as well as the licenses for, government authority and about whether the power to decide about limits and licenses rests with domestic courts and legislatures or with national and supranational bodies. When seeking protection from courts, both governments and individuals argue that their vulnerabilities and needs justify court assistance. And, in each of the contexts explored, judges in their constitutional decisions interrogate the bases of their own exercises of authority.

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