Cortes Constitucionales y democracia deliberativa es, sin lugar a dudas, una obra capital en la literatura especializada en Derecho constitucional y ciencia política. En sus páginas, el lector encontrará el estudio más sistemático y detallado publicado hasta el momento sobre las…
Towering Judges and Global Constitutionalism Iddo Porat* In 2016, judges from around the world met, for the 20th time, at the Yale Law School Global Constitutional Seminar. Opening this meeting, Yale Law Professor Owen Fiss described the circumstances that led to the creation of…
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…
Apex Courts and the Common Law
Resumen del editor: "For centuries, courts across the common law world have developed systems of law by building bodies of judicial decisions. In deciding individual cases, common law courts settle litigation and move the law in new directions. By virtue of their place at the to…