Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Figures and Tables
Introduction: Constitutional Litigation as Dispute Processing: Comparing the U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court
Part I Access and Case Selection
Chapter 1 Constitutional Litigation in the United States
Chapter 2 Access to the German Federal Constitutional Court
Chapter 3 Mobilization of the German Federal Constitutional Court
Part II Decision Making
Chapter 4 The U.S. Supreme Court's Strategic Decision-Making Process
Chapter 5 Decision Making at the German Federal Constitutional Court
Chapter 6 Junior Varsity Judges? Law Clerks in the Decisional Process of the U.S. Supreme Court
Chapter 7 Legal Assistants at the German Federal Constitutional Court: A "Black Box" of Research?
Part III Implementation
Chapter 8 The Implementation of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
Chapter 9 Implementation of German Federal Constitutional Court Decisions: Judicial Orders and the Federal Legislature
Part IV Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 10 The U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court: Selection, Nomination, and Election of Justices
Chapter 11 The Impact of the German Federal Constitutional Court on the Consolidation and Quality of Democracy
Chapter 12 Constitutional Courts in Changing Political Systems
Index