Defining the field of comparative constitutional law
By: edited by Vicki C. Jackson and Mark Tushnet ; foreword by William H. Rehnquist.
Contributors: Jackson, Vicki C.; Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Constitutional law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Constitutional conceptions and constitutional comparativism / Lorraine E. Weinrib; title: Why do we study constitutional laws of foreign countries, and how? / Kazuyuki Takahashi; title: Comparative constitutional law:  its increasing relevance / Donald P. Kommers; title: Modern constitutional developments in the Arab world:  the case of judicial review in Egypt and its impact on other Arab countries / Adel Omar Sherif; title: Reflections on continental European public law in the tradition of Hobbes and Napoleon / Thomas Fleiner; title: European integration and the ideal of the common good / Winfried Brugger; title: The United Kingdom Human Rights Act, 1998 / Geoffrey Marshall; title: Judicial systems:  challenges for the twenty-first century / Roberto G. MacLean; title: Constitutional development:  the African experience / Dullah Omar; title: The right to freedom of religion and secularism in the Indian Constitution / Ratna Kapur; title: The shaping of a new democracy within the context of tradition:  equality and the respect for diversity / Dennis M. Davis; title: A European perspective:  economic and social rights in the French Constitution / Jean-Pierre Théron; title: Comparative constitutional law in an age of economic globalization / David Schneiderman.