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The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges
In 2007 the International Association of Constitutional Law established an Interest Group on 'The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges' to conduct a survey of the use …
Parliaments and Human Rights
In many countries today there is a growing and genuinely-held concern that the institutional arrangements for the protection of human rights suffer from a ‘democratic deficit’. Yet …
Soft Law and Public Authorities
This book considers the phenomenon of soft law employed by domestic public authorities. Lawyers have long understood that public authorities are able to issue certain …
The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment
There is growing interest in constitutional amendment from a comparative perspective. Comparative constitutional amendment is the study of how constitutions change through formal …
Principled Reasoning in Human Rights Adjudication
Implied constitutional principles form part of the landscape of the development of fundamental rights in common law jurisdictions, affecting issues ranging from the remuneration of …
Regulation in India: Design, Capacity, Performance
The rise of the regulatory state has been a major feature of modern constitutional democracies. India, the world’s largest democracy, is no exception to this trend. This book is …
Why Religious Freedom Matters for Democracy
Should an employee be allowed to wear a religious symbol at work? Should a religious employer be allowed to impose constraints on employees’ private lives for the sake of enforcing …
Legitimate Expectations in the Common Law World
The recognition and enforcement of legitimate expectations by courts has been a striking feature of English law since R v North and East Devon Health Authority; ex parte Coughlan …
The Nordic Constitutions
This book analyses the Nordic constitutional systems of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in a comparative context. It has two main aims: first to fill a gap in the …
New Media and Freedom of Expression
The principles of freedom of expression have been developed over centuries. How are they reserved and passed on? How can large internet gatekeepers be required to respect freedom …
Administrative Law and Judicial Deference
In recent years, the question whether judges should defer to administrative decisions has attracted considerable interest amongst public lawyers throughout the common law world. …
Human Rights and Judicial Review in Australia and Canada
It is commonly asserted that bills of rights have had a ‘righting’ effect on the principles of judicial review of administrative action and have been a key driver of the modern …