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1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-222) and index. |
| Summary |
Víctor Ferreres Comella contrasts the European 'centralised' constitutional court model, in which one court system is used to adjudicate constitutional questions, with a decentralised model such as that of the United States, in which courts deal with both constitutional and non-constitutional questions. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEA""; ""1 The Rise of Constitutional Courts""; ""2 Historical Background: The Principle of Separation of Powers""; ""3 A Traditional Justification: Legal Certainty""; ""PART II. EXPLORING THE ADVANTAGES OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS""; ""4 The Justification of Constitutional Review: The Sketch of an Argument""; ""5 The Special Nature of Constitutional Discourse""; ""6 The Structure of the Constitutional Conversation""; ""7 Overcoming Judicial Timidity""; ""8 The Democratic Objection to Constitutional Review"" |
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""9 Democratic Checks on Courts""""PART III. CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS UNDER PRESSURE""; ""10 Decentralizing Tendencies in the System""; ""11 The Impact of the European Court of Justice""; ""12 The Impact of the European Court of Human Rights""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Constitutional courts -- Europe.
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Constitutional courts. |
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Europe. |
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Constitutional courts -- United States.
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United States. |
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Judicial review -- Europe.
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Judicial review. |
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Judicial review -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Cover Title |
Constitutional courts & democratic values |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ferreres Comella, Víctor. Constitutional courts and democratic values. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300148671 (DLC) 2009904635 (OCoLC)444387893 |
| ISBN |
9780300148688 (electronic book) |
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0300148682 (electronic book) |
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9780300148671 (alkaline paper) |
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0300148674 (alkaline paper) |
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