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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ginsburg, Tom
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Constitutional courts > East Asia.
Judicial review > East Asia.
Judicial power > East Asia.
Democratization > East Asia.
Cours constitutionnelles > Extrême-Orient.
Contrôle juridictionnel des lois > Extrême-Orient.
Pouvoir judiciaire > Extrême-Orient.
Démocratisation > Extrême-Orient.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Constitutional courts
Democratization
Judicial power
Judicial review
Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit
Constitutionele gerechtshoven.
Toetsingsrecht.
East Asia
Südostasien
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.

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