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- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Introduction
- Part I History, Methodology, And Typology
- Ch.1 Comparative Constitutional Law: A Contested Domain
- A Comparative Constitutional Law: A Continental Perspective
- B Comparative Constitutional Analysis in United States Adjudication and Scholarship
- I On the Uses of Comparative Constitutionalism: Comparing Observer and Participant Perspectives
- II The Scholarly Controversy over the Proper Uses and Scope of Comparative Constitutionalism
- III The American Controversy over Citation of Foreign Authorities
- IV The Implications for Comparative Constitutionalism of the American Controversy over Citations to Foreign Legal Authorities
- V Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Ch.2 Comparative Constitutional Law: Methodologies
- Ch.3 Carving Out Typologies and Accounting for Differences Across Systems: Towards a Methodology of Transnational Constitutionalism
- Ch.4 Types of Constitutions
- Ch.5 Constitutionalism in Illiberal Polities
- Ch.6 Constitutionalism and Impoverishment: A Complex Dynamic
- I Introduction
- II Impoverishment and its Pervasiveness
- III The Imperatives of Development and Poverty Eradication: Skepticism about Constitutionalism and the Appeal of ‘Developmental States’
- IV The Symbiotic Relationship between Development and Freedom: Sen’s Scholarly Work and Empirical Assessments
- V Country Case Studies: Ethiopia and India
- VI Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Ch.7 The Place Of Constitutional Law in the Legal System
- Ch.1 Comparative Constitutional Law: A Contested Domain
- Part II Ideas
- Ch.8 Constitutions and Constitutionalism
- I Introduction
- II Realism and Idealism in Constitutional Theory
- III A Preliminary Example
- IV Drill and Discipline
- V The Paradox of Limited Power
- VI Monarchical Constitutions
- VII Cognitive Constitutionalism
- VIII Insulation through Abdication
- IX Joint Agency and Corruption
- X Constitutionalism and Democracy
- XI Judicial Review
- XII Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Ch.9 Constitution
- Ch.10 Rule of Law
- Ch.11 Democracy
- Ch.12 Conceptions of the State
- Ch.13 Rights and Liberties as Concepts
- Ch.14 Constitutions and the Public/Private Divide
- Ch.15 State Neutrality
- Ch.16 The Constitution and Justice
- Ch.17 Sovereignty
- Ch.18 Human Dignity and Autonomy in Modern Constitutional Orders
- I Human Dignity: Hopes and Doubt
- II Dignity and the Antinomy of Human Rights
- III The Quest for Dignity
- IV The Content of Human Dignity as a Legal Concept
- V Problems and Solutions
- VI The Universalist Stance: Yet Another Particularism?
- Bibliography
- Ch.19 Gender in Constitutions
- Ch.8 Constitutions and Constitutionalism
- Part III Process
- Ch.20 Constitution-Making: Process and Substance
- I Introduction
- II Constituent Power and the Legitimacy of Constitution-Making
- III Launching Constitutions
- IV The Drafting Process
- V The Process of Certification and Ratification of Constitutions
- VI Between Amendment and Constitutional Change: Protection of Unamendable Provisions
- Bibliography
- Ch.21 States of Emergency
- Ch.22 War Powers
- Ch.23 Secession and Self-Determination
- Ch.24 Referendum
- Ch.25 Elections
- Ch.20 Constitution-Making: Process and Substance
- Part IV Architecture
- Ch.26 Horizontal Structuring
- I Introduction
- II History
- III Executive and Legislative Power
- 1 Presidential versus Parliamentary Systems: The Basic Distinction
- 2 Beyond the Presidential versus Parliamentary Debate: Other Issues in the Structuring of Executive and Legislative Power
- IV The ‘Least Dangerous Branch’? The Judiciary and Separation of Powers
- V Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Ch.27 Federalism: Theory, Policy, Law
- Ch.28 Internal Ordering in the Unitary State
- I Different Meanings of the Word ‘State’
- II The Unitary State and the Nation
- III The Organization of the State’s Territory
- IV The Organization of the Central Executive Branches of the State: The Role of the Parliament
- V The Droit Administratif and the Advent of the Sozialer Rechtstaat
- VI The Hierarchical Structure of the Executive: Civil Servants
- Bibliography
- Ch.29 Presidentialism
- I Concepts
- II History and Evolution
- 1 The Birthplace of Presidentialism: The United States of America (1787)
- 2 The First Expansion of Presidentialism: Latin America (Nineteenth Century)
- 3 The Struggle against Colonialism and the Challenges of Development: Africa, the Middle East, and Asia (Twentieth Century)
- 4 The Compromise between Past and Present: The Former Soviet Union and the ex-Socialist Countries after 1989
- III Debates
- IV Trends and Positions
- V Comparative Perspective and Recapitulation
- Bibliography
- Ch.30 Parliamentarism
- I The British Origins
- II Continental Europe’s Original Version
- III How a Common Consent was Finally Reached on the Meaning of ‘Parliamentarism’
- IV The Waves of Democratization and the Worldwide Diffusion of the Parliamentary System
- V Forms of Government and Separation of Powers
- VI The Status of Member of Parliament
- VII Differences and Analogies within the Family of Parliamentary Systems
- VIII Is Parliamentarism Declining?
- Bibliography
- Ch.31 The Regulatory State
- Ch.26 Horizontal Structuring
- Part V Meanings/Textures
- Ch.32 Constitutional Interpretation
- Ch.33 Proportionality (1)
- I A Triad of Justice
- II Steps of Proportionality Analysis
- III The Structure of Proportionality Analysis
- IV Evolution, Constitutional Foundation, and Distribution of the Principle of Proportionality
- V The Strength of Rights and Freedoms in Proportionality Analysis
- VI The Future of Proportionality Analysis
- Bibliography
- Ch.34 Proportionality (2)
- Ch.35 Constitutional Identity
- Ch.36 Constitutional Values and Principles
- Part VI Institutions
- Ch.37 Ensuring Constitutional Efficacy
- Ch.38 Constitutional Courts
- Ch.39 Judicial Independence as a Constitutional Virtue
- Ch.40 The Judiciary: The Least Dangerous Branch?
- Ch.41 Political Parties and the Constitution
- Part VII Rights
- Ch.42 Freedom of Expression
- Ch.43 Freedom of Religion
- Ch.44 Due Process
- Ch.45 Associative Rights (The Rights to the Freedoms of Petition, Assembly, and Association)
- I Introduction: Historical and Socio-Political Context
- II The Right to Petition for the Redress of Grievances
- III The Right to the Freedom of Assembly
- IV The Right to the Freedom of Association
- Bibliography
- Ch.46 Privacy
- Ch.47 Equality
- Ch.48 Citizenship
- Ch.49 Socio-Economic Rights
- Ch.50 Economic Rights
- Part VIII Overlapping Rights
- Ch.51 The Constitutionalization of Abortion
- Ch.52 Immodest Claims and Modest Contributions: Sexual Orientation in Comparative Constitutional Law
- Ch.53 Group Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law: Culture, Economics, or Political Power?
- I Introduction
- II Group Rights in Political Theory
- III Group Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law
- IV Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Ch.54 Affirmative Action
- Ch.55 Bioethics and Basic Rights: Persons, Humans, and Boundaries of Life
- I Bioethics and Human Rights
- II The Jurisprudence of Core Bioethical Questions
- 1 Beginning of Life and Reproductive Rights in Light of New Technologies
- 2 Informed Consent Rules and Reproductive Rights
- 3 Concept of Procreative Liberties and Bioethics in US Jurisprudence
- 4 Research on Human Embryos and on Embryonic Stem Cells
- 5 End of Life Decisions in Europe
- 6 End of Life Cases in the United States and Other Jurisdictions
- 7 Extending Basic Rights to Human Tissues and Cells
- III Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Part IX Trends
- Ch.56 Internationalization of Constitutional Law
- Ch.57 The European Union’s Unresolved Constitution
- Ch.58 The Constitutionalization of Public International Law
- Ch.59 Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Systems of Europe
- Ch.60 Militant Democracy
- Ch.61 Constitutionalism and Transitional Justice
- Ch.62 Islam and the Constitutional Order
- Ch.63 Constitutional Transplants, Borrowing, and Migrations
- Ch.64 The Use of Foreign Law in Constitutional Interpretation
- Further Material
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