The use of foreign precedents by constitutional judges / edited by Tania Groppi and Marie-Claire Ponthoreau.
Publisher's description: 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 of foreign precedents by Supreme and Constitutional Courts in deciding constitu...
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2013.
|
| Series: | Hart studies in comparative public law ;
v. 1. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : The methodology of the research : how to assess the reality of transjudicial communication? / Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau
- PART I: Reference to foreign precedents by the Australian High Court : a matter of method / Cheryl Saunders, Adrienne Stone
- Canada : protecting rights in a 'worldwide rights culture' : an empirical study of the use of foreign precedents by the Supreme Court of Canada (1982-2010) / Gianluca Gentili
- India : a 'critical' use of foreign precedents in constitutional adjudication / Valentina Rita Scotti
- The Supreme Court of Ireland and the use of foreign precedents : the value of constitutional history / Cristina Fasone
- Israel : creating a constitution : the use of foreign precedents by the Supreme Court (1994-2010) / Suzie Navot
- Namibia : the Supreme Court as a foreign law importer / Irene Spigno
- South Africa : teaching an 'old dog' new tricks? : an empirical study of the use of foreign precedents by the South African Constitutional Court (1995-2010) / Christa Rautenbach.
- PART II: Austria : non-cosmopolitan, but Europe-friendly : the Constitutional Court's comparative approach / Anna Gamper
- Lifting the constitutional curtain? : the use of foreign precedent by the German Federal Constitutional Court / Stefan Martini
- Hungary : unsystematic and incoherent borrowing of law : the use of foreign judicial precedents in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, 1999-2010 / Zoltán Szente
- A gap between the apparent and hidden attitudes of the Supreme Court of Japan towards foreign precedents / Akiko Ejima
- Mexico : struggling for an open view in constitutional adjudication / Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Rubén Sánchez Gil
- Romania : analogical reasoning as a dialectical instrument / Elena Simina Tanasescu, Stefan Deaconu
- Russia : foreign transplants in the Russian Constitution and invisible foreign precedents in decisions of the Russian Constitutional Court / Sergey Belov
- Judges as discursive agent : the use of foreign precedents by the Constitutional Court of Taiwan / Wen-Chen Chang, Jiunn-Rong Yeh
- United States of America : first cautious attempts of judicial use of foreign precedents in the Supreme Court's jurisprudence / Angioletta Sperti
- Conclusion : The use of foreign precedents by constitutional judges : a limited practice, an uncertain future / Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau.