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More Sunshine In The Mountain State: The 1999 Amendments To The West Virginia Open Governmental Proceedings Act And Open Hospital Proceedings Act, Brian J. Caveney
More Sunshine In The Mountain State: The 1999 Amendments To The West Virginia Open Governmental Proceedings Act And Open Hospital Proceedings Act, Brian J. Caveney
West Virginia Law Review
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United States V. Emerson: The Second Amendment As An Individual Right--Time To Settle The Issue, Scott A. Henderson
United States V. Emerson: The Second Amendment As An Individual Right--Time To Settle The Issue, Scott A. Henderson
West Virginia Law Review
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Globalization In Search Of Justification: Toward A Theory Of Comparative Constitutional Interpretation, Sujit Choudhry
Globalization In Search Of Justification: Toward A Theory Of Comparative Constitutional Interpretation, Sujit Choudhry
Indiana Law Journal
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The Charter Of Rights And Freedoms And The Rebalancing Of Liberal Constitutionalism In Canada, 1982-1997, James B. Kelly
The Charter Of Rights And Freedoms And The Rebalancing Of Liberal Constitutionalism In Canada, 1982-1997, James B. Kelly
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
This article presents a statistical analysis of the first 352 Charter of Rights and Freedoms decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada between 1982 and 1997. The author argues that the emerging approach to Charter review by the Supreme Court of Canada has led to a rebalancing of liberal constitutionalism and to a reconciliation between Charter rights and federalism. This stands in stark contrast to the highly activist approach to Charter review detected in studies by Morton, Russell, and Withey and, to a lesser extent, by Morton, Russell, and Riddell. Several factors illustrate the rebalancing of liberal constitutionalism in Canada. …
Liberty Of Expression In Ireland And The Need For A Constitutional Law Of Defamation, Sarah Frazier
Liberty Of Expression In Ireland And The Need For A Constitutional Law Of Defamation, Sarah Frazier
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Judicial and constitutional conservatism have allowed Irish defamation law to remain remarkably close to its English common law origins. But the common law of defamation was not designed for a modem democracy with a free press, and Ireland's libel laws have a profound effect upon freedom of expression. If Ireland is to be a modern democracy, as its constitution asserts that it is, and the European Convention on Human Rights demands, it must protect a core area of free expression in order to allow the press (without the fear of repercussion) to keep the public informed about matters of concern. …