"Dieses Buch analysiert grundlegend die Rechtsprechung nationaler und supranationaler Verfassungsgerichte in Mehrebenenordnungen. Anknüpfend an den Verfassungspluralismus und die Netzwerktheorie entwickelt es mit "Konstitutionalismus im Netzwerk" ein verfassungstheoretisches Mod…
The nature and function of judicial review -- Germany: dignity and democracy -- Eastern Europe: (re) establishing the rule of law -- France: purely abstract review -- Canada: imposing rights on the common law -- South Africa: defining a new society -- Tests of unconstitutionalit…
The nature and function of judicial review -- Germany: dignity and democracy -- Eastern Europe: (re)establishing the rule of law -- France: purely abstract review -- Canada : imposing rights on the common law -- South Africa: defining a new society -- Tests of unconstitutionalit…
"The Judge as Political Theoristexamines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief execu…
The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief execu…
In this book, Christopher F. Zurn shows why a normative theory of deliberative democratic constitutionalism yields the best understanding of the legitimacy of constitutional review. He further argues that this function should be institutionalized in a complex, multi-location str…