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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark V Tushnet |
| ISBN: | 9780691130927 0691130922 |
| OCLC Number: | 80460670 |
| Description: | xvi, 272 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Why comparative constitutional law? -- Alternative forms of judicial review -- The possible instability of weak-form review and its implications -- Why and how to evaluate consitutional performance -- Constitutional decision making outside the courts -- The state action doctrine and social and economic rights -- Structures of judicial review, horizontal effect, and social welfare rights -- Enforcing social and economic rights. |
| Responsibility: | Mark Tushnet. |
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In this study of various theoretical issues of concern to students of comparative constitutional law, Tushnet has done a remarkable job of analyszing and comparing existing forms of judicial review...Tushnet's impeccable research leads us through varied constitutional systems including, for example, Argentina, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland. This is constitutional scholarship at its best. -- R.J. Steamer Choice Tushnet explores two prominent questions that constitutional drafters must ask: What powers of judicial review should courts have? and What rights should be enumerated? ... Tushnet's ambitious agenda in Weak Courts, Strong Rights is equally important for political scientists and comparative legal scholars. -- Theresa J. Squatrito Comparative Political Studies Mark Tushnet has written an important book, featuring mastery of pertinent comparative constitutional law literature and an incredible ideas-per-ink ratio... Any serious scholar of comparative constitutional law cannot afford to skip this book. -- Ran Hirschl Ottawa Law Review Read more...
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