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Implementing the Constitution
Author | : Richard H. FALLON,Richard H Fallon |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780674036673 |
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This book argues that the Supreme Court performs two functions. The first is to identify the Constitution's idealized "meaning." The second is to develop tests and doctrines to realize that meaning in practice. Bridging the gap between the two--implementing the Constitution--requires moral vision, but also practical wisdom and common sense, ingenuity, and occasionally a willingness to make compromises. In emphasizing the Court's responsibility to make practical judgments, "Implementing the Constitution" takes issue with the two positions that have dominated recent debates about the Court's proper role. Constitutional "originalists" maintain that the Court's essential function is to identify the "original understanding" of constitutional language and then apply it deductively to current problems. This position is both unwise and unworkable, the book argues. It also critiques well-known accounts according to which the Court is concerned almost exclusively with matters of moral and constitutional principle. "Implementing the Constitution" bridges the worlds of constitutional theory, political theory, and constitutional practice. It illuminates the Supreme Court's decision of actual cases and its development of well-known doctrines. It is a doctrinal study that yields jurisprudential insights and a contribution to constitutional theory that is closely tied to actual judicial practice.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN AFRICAN CONSTITUTIONS Challenges and Prospects
Author | : Charles M. Fombad,Nathaniel A Inegbedion,Thulani R Maseko,Lukman Abdulrauf,Tinashe Chigwata,Donald Rukare,Wandisa Phama,Palesa Madi,Makanatsa Makonese,Kamotho Waiganjo,Jane R Serwanga |
Publsiher | : PULP |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2016-12-30 |
Genre | : Constitutional history |
ISBN | : 9781920538651 |
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From Parchment to Practice
Author | : Tom Ginsburg,Aziz Z. Huq |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2020-04-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781108487733 |
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Asks how the 'parchment' promises of a written constitution are translated into political practice, working through the many problems of constitutional implementation after adoption.
A Practical Guide to Constitution Building
Author | : Winluck Wahiu,Markus Böckenförde,Nora Hedling |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Constitutional law |
ISBN | : OCLC:779852624 |
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"A Practical Guide to Constitution Building provides an essential foundation for understanding constitutions and constitution building. Full of world examples of ground-breaking agreements and innovative provisions adopted during processes of constitutional change, the Guide offers a wide range of examples of how constitutions develop and how their development can establish and entrench democratic values. Beyond comparative examples, the Guide contains in-depth analysis of key components of constitutions and the forces of change that shape them. The Guide analyzes the adoption of the substantive elements of a new constitution by looking at forces for the aggregation or dissemination of governmental power, and forces for greater legalization or politicization of governmental power, and examining how these forces influence the content of the constitution. It urges practitioners to look carefully at the forces at play within their individual contexts in order to better understand constitutional dynamics and play a role in shaping a constitution that will put into place a functioning democratic government and foster lasting peace."--
Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author | : Goodwin Liu,Pamela S. Karlan,Christopher H. Schroeder |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2010-08-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780199750665 |
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Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes
Author | : Tom Ginsburg,Alberto Simpser |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781107047662 |
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This volume explores the form and function of constitutions in countries without the fully articulated institutions of limited government.
The Law of the Canadian Constitution
Author | : Guy Régimbald,Dwight Gordon Newman |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 953 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Constitutional law |
ISBN | : 0433493836 |
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Canada s Indigenous Constitution
Author | : John Borrows |
Publsiher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781442610385 |
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With characteristic richness and eloquence, John Borrows explores legal traditions, the role of governments and courts, and the prospect of a multi-juridical legal culture, all with a view to understanding and improving legal processes in Canada. He discusses the place of individuals, families, and communities in recovering and extending the role of Indigenous law within both Indigenous communities and Canadian society more broadly."--Pub. desc.