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The German Constitutional Court Says 'Ja Zu Deutschland!', Daniel H. Halberstam, Christoph Möllers Jan 2009

The German Constitutional Court Says 'Ja Zu Deutschland!', Daniel H. Halberstam, Christoph Möllers

Articles

In announcing the decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG - Federal Constitutional Court) on the constitutionality of the Lisbon Treaty, the Presiding Justice of the Second Senate summed up the judgment by proclaiming: “Das Grundgesetz sagt ‘Ja' zum Vertrag von Lissabon.”


In Search Of Sub-National Constitutionalism, James A. Gardner Sep 2008

In Search Of Sub-National Constitutionalism, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

Two recent trends, one favoring federalism as a form of governmental organization and the other favoring written constitutions, have lately combined to produce an impressive proliferation of subnational constitutions. Documents that can fairly be described as constitutions now govern the affairs of subnational units - states, provinces, cantons, Länder - in federal states on every continent. What remains unclear, however, is whether the proliferation of subnational constitutions indicates a corresponding spread of the practice of subnationalism constitutionalism - whether, that is, the appearance of subnational constitutions around the globe evinces a spreading ideological commitment to a strong role for subnational …


The Failed Invigoration Of Argentina's Constitution: Presidential Omnipotence, Repression, Instability, And Lawlessness In Argentine History, Mugambi Jouet Jul 2008

The Failed Invigoration Of Argentina's Constitution: Presidential Omnipotence, Repression, Instability, And Lawlessness In Argentine History, Mugambi Jouet

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Storm In A Teacup: The U.S. Supreme Court’S Use Of Foreign Law, Austen L. Parrish Jan 2007

Storm In A Teacup: The U.S. Supreme Court’S Use Of Foreign Law, Austen L. Parrish

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In this Article, Professor Parrish explores the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court's use of foreign law in constitutional adjudication. In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has used foreign law as persuasive authority in a number of highly contentious cases. The backlash has been spirited, with calls for foreign law to be categorically barred from constitutional adjudication, and even for Justices to be impeached if they cite to foreign sources. Last year, the condemnation of comparative constitutionalism reached a high note, as a barrage of scholarship decried the practice as illegitimate and a threat to our national sovereignty. The …


The European Constitution And Its Implications For China, Xingzhong Yu Jan 2007

The European Constitution And Its Implications For China, Xingzhong Yu

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The European Constitution is significant not only for the European Union, but also for a developing constitutional system like that of China. The EU constitutional practice may have positive implications on China's constitutional theory and practice. In the wake of the European constitutional achievement, Chinese constitutional scholars need to re-examine their long-held conviction in the indispensable role of the state in constitutional formation and imagination. The EU experience may have provided China with valuable insights and ways to deal with its inherited ethnic problems and improve its institutions on regional autonomy for ethnic minorities. China's own constitutional experiment in Hong …


From Origin To Delta: Changing Landscape Of Modern Constitutionalism, Jiunn-Rong Yeh, Wen-Chen Chang Oct 2006

From Origin To Delta: Changing Landscape Of Modern Constitutionalism, Jiunn-Rong Yeh, Wen-Chen Chang

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This article deals with the question of whether and to what extent the two forces of democratization and globalization have altered our understandings of constitutionalism. We attempt to theorize a changing landscape of constitutionalism that includes transitional and transnational perspectives and examine respectively their features, functions and characteristics. First, we analyze respective developments of transitional and transnational constitutionalism by identifying their features, perspectives, functions, and characteristics. Then we examine to what extent and in what ways the developments in transitional and transnational constitutionalism pose challenges to our traditional understanding of modern constitutional laws. Finally, we shall picture a new constitutional …


Introduction, Ruti Teitel Jan 2006

Introduction, Ruti Teitel

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Perspectives On Post-Conflict Constitutionalism: Reflections On Regime Change Through External Constitutionalization, Ulrich K. Preuss Jan 2006

Perspectives On Post-Conflict Constitutionalism: Reflections On Regime Change Through External Constitutionalization, Ulrich K. Preuss

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Striking The Rock: Confronting Gender Equality In South Africa, Penelope Andrews Jan 1998

Striking The Rock: Confronting Gender Equality In South Africa, Penelope Andrews

Articles & Chapters

This Article analyzes the status of women's rights in the newly democratic South Africa. It examines rights guaranteed in the Constitution and conflicts between the principle of gender equality and the recognition of indigenous law and institutions. The Article focuses on the South African transition to democracy and theinfluence that feminist agitation at the international level has had on South African women's attempts at political organization. After dissecting the historical position of customary law in South Africa and questioning its place in the new democratic regime, the author argues that, although South African women have benefited from the global feminist …


Trade-Based Constitutionalisms: The Framework For Universalizing Substantive International Law?, Brian F. Fitzgerald Jan 1997

Trade-Based Constitutionalisms: The Framework For Universalizing Substantive International Law?, Brian F. Fitzgerald

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutionalism In The Global Era, Elisabeth Zoller Jan 1996

Constitutionalism In The Global Era, Elisabeth Zoller

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Apple Of Gold: Constitutionalism In Israel And The United States, Cynthia A.M. Stroman May 1993

Apple Of Gold: Constitutionalism In Israel And The United States, Cynthia A.M. Stroman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Apple of Gold: Constitutionalism in Israel and the United States by Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn


Winds Of Change: Perspectives On The World's Search For Stable Democracy, Rodney A. Smolla, Darlene P. Bradberry Oct 1992

Winds Of Change: Perspectives On The World's Search For Stable Democracy, Rodney A. Smolla, Darlene P. Bradberry

Scholarly Articles

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The State Rebuilding Civil Society: Constitutionalism And The Post-Communist Paradox, Ethan Klingsberg Jan 1992

The State Rebuilding Civil Society: Constitutionalism And The Post-Communist Paradox, Ethan Klingsberg

Michigan Journal of International Law

Part I of this article provides an overview of trends in the intellectual history of civil society theory in the West. Since the rejection of the classical notion of a unified State and civil society, Western commentators have focused their analyses on State action's effect upon modern civil society. In reaction to the dangers of State co-optation of civil society's autonomy, social critics have proposed a range of solutions, such as limitations on State power to interfere in areas like property rights and the assumption of power by a universal class. Part II reviews Soviet bloc dissidents' contributions to civil …


West German Constitutionalism And Church-State Relations, Donald P. Kommers Jan 1990

West German Constitutionalism And Church-State Relations, Donald P. Kommers

Journal Articles

The complex structure of church-state relations in West Germany arises out of numerous provisions of the Basic Law that combine features of both separation and accommodation. The Basic Law's separationist features are expressed in various guarantees of religious liberty and in the ban on the establishment of a state church. Its accommodationist features appear in constitutional provisions on religious education as well as in articles, taken over from the Weimar Constitution, that confer upon the established churches a special juridical status enjoyed by no other nongovernmental entity. The arguably diverse goals of the religion clauses are difficult to reconcile, creating …