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Constitutional Courts in Comparison
eBook - The US Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court
ISBN/EAN: 9781785330964
Umbreit-Nr.: 2264257
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 316 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.08.2016
Auflage: 2/2016
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p> Constitutional litigation in general attracts two distinct types of conflict: disputes of a highly politicized or culturally controversial nature and requests from citizens claiming a violation of a fundamental constitutional right. The side-by-side comparison between the U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court provides a novel socio-legal approach in studying constitutional litigation, focusing on conditions of mobilisation, decision-making and implementation.</p><p> This updated and revised second edition includes a number of new contributions on the political status of the courts in their democratic political cultures.</p>
- Kurztext
- Constitutional litigation in general attracts two distinct types of conflict: disputes of a highly politicized or culturally controversial nature and requests from citizens claiming a violation of a fundamental constitutional right. The side-by-side comparison between the U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court provides a novel socio-legal approach in studying constitutional litigation, focusing on conditions of mobilisation, decision-making and implementation. This updated and revised second edition includes a number of new contributions on the political status of the courts in their democratic political cultures.
- Autorenportrait
- <p><strong>Thomas Gawron</strong> is Lecturer in law at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW), Berlin. He has published<em>Die Wirkung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts</em> (Co-authored with R. Rogowski 2007).</p>