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Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law.

The Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law is an advanced level reference work which surveys the current state of constitutional law. Featuring new, specially commissioned papers by a range of leading scholars from around the world, it offers a comprehensive overview of the field as well as identi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tushnet, Mark
Otros Autores: Fleiner, Thomas, Saunders, Cheryl
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Table of cases; Introduction; PART I General issues; 1 Constitutions; 2 Constitutions embedded in different legal systems; 3 International relations and international law; 4 Constitutions and legitimacy over time; 5 Constitution-writing processes; PART II Structures; 6 Systems of government; 7 Emergency powers; 8 The judiciary and constitutional review; 9 Justiciability; 10 Administrative bureaucracy; 11 Elections and electoral systems in constitutional regimes; 12 Federalism and autonomy; 13 Minority rights; 14 Horizontal effect/state action.
  • PART III Rights1. Integrity; 15 'Human dignity' as a constitutional doctrine; 16 The limits of punishment; 2. Communication rights; 17 Ancient and modern: access to information and constitutional governance; 18 Freedom of expression and association; 19 Freedom of religion and religion-state relations; 3. Due process; 20 Procedural fairness generally; 21 Rights in the criminal process: a case study of convergence and disclosure rights; 4. Non-discrimination; 22 General provisions dealing with equality; 23 Sites of constitutional struggle for women's equality.
  • 24 Race and ethnicity discrimination25 Affirmative action; 26 Minorities and group rights; 5. Rights and society; 27 Rights of non-citizens; 28 Proprietary constitutionalism; 29 Fundamental social rights; 30 Linguistic and cultural rights; 31 Environmental rights and future generations; PART IV New challenges; 32 Asylum and refugees; 33 The competing effect of national uniqueness and comparative influences on constitutional practice; 34 Multicultural societies and migration; 35 Constitutions, populations and demographic change.
  • 36 Supranational organizations and their impact on national constitutions37 New technologies and constitutional law; Index.