Constitutional courts
Subtitle: a comparative study
By: edited by Andrew Harding and Peter Leyland
Series: JCL studies in comparative law -- no. 1; JCL studies in comparative Law -- no. 1.
Publisher: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780854900633
Subjects: Constitutional courts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Constitutional courts: forms, functions and practice in comparative perspective  -- Andrew Harding, Peter Leyland and Tania Groppi; title: Austria: the constitutional court of Austria: modern profiles of an archetype of constitutional review  -- Anna Gamper and Francesco Palermo; title: Central and eastern Europe: constitutional courts of central and eastern Europe: between adolescence and maturity  -- Kasia Lach and Wojchiech Sadurski; title: France: The French conseil constiutionnel: an evolving form of constitutional justice  -- Marie Claire Ponthoreau and Fabrice Hourquebie; title: Germany: Das Bundsverfassungsgericht: procedure, practice and policy of the German federal constitutional court  -- Donald P Kommers and Russel A Miller; title: Italy: the Italian constitutional court: towards a 'multilevel system' of constitutional review  -- Tania Groppi; title: Russia: the constitutional court of the Russian Federation: the establishment and evolution of constitutional supervision in Russia -- Jane Henderson; title: Spain: the Spanish constitutional court: time for reforms  -- Victor Ferreres Comella; title: Turkey: the constitutional court of Turkey: the Anayasa Mahkemesi as the protector of the system  -- Esin Örücü; title: Egypt: Egypt's supreme constitutional court: managing constitutional conflict in an authoritarian aspirationally 'Islamic' state  -- Clark B Lombardi; title: Francophone Africa: models of constitutional jurisdiction in francophone West Africa  -- Babacar Kanté; title: South Africa: South Africa's constitutional court: enabling democracy and promoting law in the transition from apartheid  -- Heinz Klug; title: East Asia: constitutional courts in East Asia: understanding variation  -- Tom Ginsburg; title: Indonesia and Thailand: the constitutional courts of Thailand and Indonesia: two case studies from South East Asia  -- Andrew Harding and Peter Leyland; title: Constitutional courts in Latin America: a testing ground for new parameters of classification? -- Justin O Frosini and Lucio Pegoraro.