| The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges UK Edition Contributor(s): Groppi, Tania (Editor), Ponthoreau, Marie-Claire (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1849466599 ISBN-13: 9781849466592 Publisher: Hart Publishing OUR PRICE: $54.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice |
| Dewey: 342.03 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.7" W x 9.5" (1.80 lbs) 470 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 constitutional cases. Its purpose was to determine - through empirical analysis employing both quantitative and qualitative indicators - the extent to which foreign case law is cited. The survey aimed to test the reliability of studies describing and reporting instances of transjudicial communication between Courts. The research also provides useful insights into the extent to which a progressive constitutional convergence may be taking place between common law and civil law traditions. The present work includes studies by scholars from African, American, Asian, European, Latin American and Oceania countries, representing jurisdictions belonging to both common law and civil law traditions, and countries employing both centralised and decentralised systems of judicial review. The results, published here for the first time, give us the best evidence yet of the existence and limits of a transnational constitutional communication between courts. The collected data for each jurisdiction makes for engaging reading. It reveals details of the extent of visible (and sometimes implied) comparative activity that each of the courts displays in its jurisprudence ... we now have a clearer picture of how some of the most prominent constitutional courts deal (or desist from dealing) with comparable judgments in other countries.Fran ois Venter, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 12, no 1, January 2014 The volume ... represents a refreshing approach to complex questions raised in debates about constitutional borrowing, transjudicial communication, or the migration of constitutional ideas ... The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges will be essential reading for scholars seeking to refresh the debates about using foreign law. H l ne Tyrrell, Public Law, April 2014 |
