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Demanding Individual Rights And Civil Liberties: An Iranian Approach, Zahra Takhshid
Demanding Individual Rights And Civil Liberties: An Iranian Approach, Zahra Takhshid
Zahra Takhshid
Iran has a long history of social movements and revolutions. The 1906 Constitutional Revolution led to the recognition of individual rights as part of Iran’s first Constitution. With the Islamic Revolution of 1979, a new constitution was enacted, which devoted one chapter to “the Rights of the Nation.”
The Constitution has introduced several methods to protect the recognized rights: the Guardian Council, the Tribunal of Administrative Justice, and the Commission of Article 90.
In addition to the institutions introduced in the Constitution, the Legislature and the Executive branch proposed new safeguarding procedures and adopted new statutes, which recognized broader range …
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht: Procedure, Practice And Policy Of The German Federal Constitutional Court, Russell Miller, Donald Kommers
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht: Procedure, Practice And Policy Of The German Federal Constitutional Court, Russell Miller, Donald Kommers
Russell A. Miller
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Constitutional Design For Divided Societies: Integration Or Accommodation?, Sujit Choudhry
Constitutional Design For Divided Societies: Integration Or Accommodation?, Sujit Choudhry
Sujit Choudhry
Table of Contents: Introduction: Integration, Accommodation and the Agenda of Comparative Constitutional Law, Sujit Choudhry Part I: Setting the Stage 1. Integration or accommodation? The enduring debate in conflict regulation, John McGarry, Brendan O'Leary and Richard Simeon 2. The internationalization of minority rights, Will Kymlicka 3. Does the world need more Canada? The politics of the Canadian model in constitutional politics and political theory, Sujit Choudhry 4. Beyond the dichotomy of universalism and difference: four responses to cultural diversity, Alan Patten 5. Groups and constitutionalism in divided societies: a dynamic approach to the design of democratic institutions, Richard H. Pildes …
The Migration Of Constitutional Ideas, Sujit Choudhry
The Migration Of Constitutional Ideas, Sujit Choudhry
Sujit Choudhry
The migration of constitutional ideas across jurisdictions is one of the central features of contemporary constitutional practice. The increasing use of comparative jurisprudence in interpreting constitutions is one example of this. In this 2007 book, leading figures in the study of comparative constitutionalism and comparative constitutional politics from North America, Europe and Australia discuss the dynamic processes whereby constitutional systems influence each other. They explore basic methodological questions which have thus far received little attention, and examine the complex relationship between national and supranational constitutionalism - an issue of considerable contemporary interest in Europe. The migration of constitutional ideas is …