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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"constitutional courts"”.
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Ethnic Composition of Constitutional Courts in Ethnically Divided Societies: the cases of the Republic of Cyprus and Bosnia-Herzegovina
… the ethnically diverse composition of constitutional courts in ethnically divided societies by reference to consociational democracy. It seeks to contribute to the literature on consociational democracy and judicial diversity by examining how the consociational principle of …
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The conception of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in comparison to the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Germany as well as South Africa have established Constitutional Courts. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, located in Karlsruhe (cf § 1 II BVerfGG), commenced its work in September 1951. Up to 1995 the Federal Constitutional Court heard more than 120,000 cases
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Constitutional Compacts and Judicial Review in Spain, South Korea and Colombia: a Comparative Approach
… way, at these countries the establishment of a constitutional court represented the future validity of the constitutional consensus. Therefore, the 1978 Spanish Constitution, the 1987 South Korean Constitution, and the 1991 Colombian Constitution, reflect those compacts required for surpassing …
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The role of the Supreme Court in the consitutional system of the United Arab Emirates: a comparative study
… the importance of the Supreme Court in the constitutional system of the United Arab Emirates, discovering its possible contributions to constitutional development and recommending measures to improve the effectiveness of the Court. A brief analysis of the modern history of the United Arab …
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An analysis of the approach adopted by the South African Constitutional Court to the right to equality and non-discrimination in the five decisions concerning section 8 of the interim Constitution compared to the approach adopted by the Belgian Court of Arbitration
… reasons, this right is central regarding the two Constitutional Courts. In South Africa, the importance of the decisions made by the Constitutional Court in the equality and non-discrimination field is clear given its particular history of apartheid during which deep inequalities among the …
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The infringement of prisoners' right to vote : an analysis of intentions and general principles in due consideration of recent judgements
… long time. Due to several decisions of national constitutional courts and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) within the last decade, felony disenfranchisement has gained more attention among legal academics. Still, most of this literature is limited to the specific arguments which have …
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A Third Gender in South Africa: Does the legal non-recognition of a third gender violate non-binary transgender person's Constitutional rights to dignity and equality?
… subsequent examination of relevant case law, the Constitutional Court's approach to dignity, and the analysis of the application of s(9)(3). I submit that transgender persons fall within the Constitutional Court's definition of a vulnerable group in that they have suffered past patterns of …
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Rights-Based Approach to Maternal Health: Constitutionalizing Protection of Women's Reproductive Rights in Nigeria
… South Africa as comparators, to assess how the constitutional courts of these countries have applied intersectional perspective to right to health. It highlights the importance of adopting an intersectional approach to understanding maternal health disparities in Nigeria, as it considers the …
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The Politics of Constitutional Review: Evidence from the European Court of Justice
… Union: European Court of Justice, or ECJ). Constitutional Courts generally and the ECJ in particular are considered "independent" when they enjoy discretion to act counter to the interests of other policymaking bodies and their political principals. In the European Union, the primary …
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The Stillborn Constitutional Court of Qatar and Judicial Review : a Clash Between the Executive and Judiciary ; a Comparative Study in Islam, Egyptian, American, Kuwaiti, and U.A.E. Models of Judicial Review
… dissertation focuses on the stillborn Qatari Constitutional Court and the ambiguity behind the new law of 2008 that established the Supreme Constitutional Court, in which there was no sign of any case reviewed by the Constitutional Court on constitutional matters. This study aims to compare …
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The Roberts Court Constitution of Freedom of Speech: Preferences, Principles, and the Study of Supreme Court Decision-making
… potential for traveling to other issue areas and constitutional courts Syracuse University.</p>
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Le juge constitutionnel comme législateur-cadre positif : les normes juridictionnelles relatives à la production et au contenu de normes législatives futures. Une analyse comparative en droit français, belge et allemand
… of the French, the German and the Belgian constitutional court on the production of legislative provisions by the three national parliaments.
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The interplay of judicial review and federalism choices in Brazil after the Republican Constitution of 1988
… designed to study specific federalism constitutional options pertinent to all distinct levels of Brazilian federalism, namely: federal union, states, and municipalities. The first sub-question targets the inclusion of local governments as autonomous constitutional agents. It considers …
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The Hermeneutical Reality of Constitutional Law: Understanding the Legality of Constitutional Adjudication
Under Turkey’s 1961 Constitution, the Constitutional Court of Turkey (CCRT) controversially invalidated several constitutional amendments. The prevailing explanatory paradigm about the CCRT, which I term the standard picture, suggests that these invalidations defy legal explanations. The standard …