Courts in federal countries : federalists or unitarists? / edited by Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid.
2017
K3370.A6 C68 2017 (Mapit)
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Courts in federal countries : federalists or unitarists? / edited by Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid.
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Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
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xvi, 583 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : courts in federal countries / Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid
The High Court of Australia : textual unitarism vs structural federalism / Nicholas Aroney
The Constitutional Court of Belgium : safeguard of the autonomy of the communities and regions / Patrick Peeters and Jens Mosselmans
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil : protecting democracy and centralized power / Gilberto Marcos Antonio Rodrigues, Marco Antonio Garcia Lopes Lorencini, and Augusto Zimmermann
The Supreme Court of Canada : the concept of cooperative federalism and its effect on the balance of power / Eugénie Brouillet
The Supreme Court of Ethiopia : federalism's bystander / Gedion T. Hessebon and Abduletif K. Idris
The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany : guardian of unitarism and federalism / Arthur Benz
The Supreme Court of India : the rise of judicial power and the protection of federalism / Manish Tewari and Rekha Saxena
The Supreme Court of Mexico : reconfiguring federalism through constitutional adjudication and amendment after single-party rule / José Antonio Caballero Juárez
The Supreme Court of Nigeria : an embattled judiciary more centralist than federalist / Rotimi T. Suberu
The Constitutional Court of South Africa : reinforcing an hourglass system of multilevel government / Nico Steytler
The Constitutional Court of Spain : from system balancer to polarizing centralist / Elisenda Casanas Adam
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland : judicial balancing of federalism without judicial review / Andreas Lienhard, Daniel Kettiger, Jacques Bühler, Loranne Mérillat, and Daniela Winkler
The Supreme Court of the United States : promoting centralization more than state autonomy / Ilya Somin
Comparative observations and conclusions / Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid.
The High Court of Australia : textual unitarism vs structural federalism / Nicholas Aroney
The Constitutional Court of Belgium : safeguard of the autonomy of the communities and regions / Patrick Peeters and Jens Mosselmans
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil : protecting democracy and centralized power / Gilberto Marcos Antonio Rodrigues, Marco Antonio Garcia Lopes Lorencini, and Augusto Zimmermann
The Supreme Court of Canada : the concept of cooperative federalism and its effect on the balance of power / Eugénie Brouillet
The Supreme Court of Ethiopia : federalism's bystander / Gedion T. Hessebon and Abduletif K. Idris
The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany : guardian of unitarism and federalism / Arthur Benz
The Supreme Court of India : the rise of judicial power and the protection of federalism / Manish Tewari and Rekha Saxena
The Supreme Court of Mexico : reconfiguring federalism through constitutional adjudication and amendment after single-party rule / José Antonio Caballero Juárez
The Supreme Court of Nigeria : an embattled judiciary more centralist than federalist / Rotimi T. Suberu
The Constitutional Court of South Africa : reinforcing an hourglass system of multilevel government / Nico Steytler
The Constitutional Court of Spain : from system balancer to polarizing centralist / Elisenda Casanas Adam
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland : judicial balancing of federalism without judicial review / Andreas Lienhard, Daniel Kettiger, Jacques Bühler, Loranne Mérillat, and Daniela Winkler
The Supreme Court of the United States : promoting centralization more than state autonomy / Ilya Somin
Comparative observations and conclusions / Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid.
Summary
"Courts are key players in the dynamics of federal countries since their rulings have a direct impact on the ability of governments to centralize and decentralize power. Courts in Federal Countries examines the role high courts play in thirteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Nigeria, Spain, and the United States. The volume's contributors analyse the centralizing or decentralizing forces at play following a court's ruling on issues such as individual rights, economic affairs, social issues, and other matters. The thirteen substantive chapters have been written to facilitate comparability between the countries. Each chapter outlines a country's federal system, explains the constitutional and institutional status of the court system, and discusses the high court's jurisprudence in light of these features. Courts in Federal Countries offers insightful explanations of judicial behaviour in the world's leading federations."-- Provided by publisher.
Note
"In March 2012, the Forum of Federations, in collaboration with the Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes, Government of Quebec, held an international conference entitled "Courts and judicial systems in Federal countries" ... in Montreal"--Pages xiii-xiv.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
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K3370.A6 C68 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781487500627 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1487500629 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781487522896 (paperback)
1487522894 (paperback)
1487500629 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781487522896 (paperback)
1487522894 (paperback)
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