Maike Heber geht der Frage nach, wie sich in Italiens Politik und Gesellschaft die dominierende Vorstellung von Demokratie und ihrer Gestaltung nach 25 Jahren Reformprozess verändert hat. Die Verfassung von 1948 ist trotz vieler Versuche, das politische System zu erneuern, weitg…
Uses a single-country case study to enrich research on the role of constitutional courts in new democracies.
"This book analyzes the role of constitutional courts, conditioned by the principles of progressiveness and of prevalence of human rights, particularly regarding the important rediscovery of the right to equality and non-discrimination"-- "In all democratic states, constitution…
Judicial power and democracy / Martin M. Shapiro -- Judicial politics versus ordinary politics : is the constitutional judge caught in the middle? / Michel Rosenfeld -- Judicialization of politics or politicization of the courts in new democracies? / Mary L. Volcansek -- Europea…
The power of national and transnational constitutional courts to issue binding rulings in interpreting the constitution or an international treaty has been endlessly discussed. What does it mean for democratic governance that non-elected judges influence politics and policies? T…
The power of national and transnational constitutional courts to issue binding rulings in interpreting the constitution or an international treaty has been endlessly discussed. What does it mean for democratic governance that non-elected judges influence politics and policies? T…
"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, multilocation str…