Judicial review in new democracies : constitutional courts in Asian cases /
New democracies around the world have adopted constitutional courts to oversee the operation of democratic politics. Where does judicial power come from, how does it develop in the early stages of democratic liberalization, and what political conditions support its expansion? This book answers these...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the decline and fall of parliamentary sovereignty
- Why judicial review?
- Constituting judicial power
- Building judicial power
- Courts in new democracies
- Confucian constitutionalism? The grand justices of the Republic of China
- Distorting democracy? The constitutional court of Mongolia
- Rule by law or rule of law? The constitutional court of Korea
- Conclusion: comparing constitutional courts.