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Two Paths To Judicial Power: The Basic Structure Doctrine And Public Interest Litigation In Comparative Perspective, Manoj Mate Dec 2009

Two Paths To Judicial Power: The Basic Structure Doctrine And Public Interest Litigation In Comparative Perspective, Manoj Mate

Manoj S. Mate

This article examines two critical "moments" in the expansion of judicial power in India: the assertion of the basic structure doctrine and the development of the PIL regime in the post-Emergency Indian Court. The Indian Supreme Court asserted two key functional roles in these moments: (1) the role of a constitutional guardian in asserting its role in preserving the basic structure of the Constitution, and (2) as a champion of the rule of law and responsible governance in developing PIL. Though both moments were significant in the empowerment of the Indian Supreme Court, I argue that development of PIL was …


Конституционно-Правовая Концепция Луиса Брандайза, Leonid G. Berlyavskiy Dec 2009

Конституционно-Правовая Концепция Луиса Брандайза, Leonid G. Berlyavskiy

Leonid G. Berlyavskiy

The article is devoted to the research of the constitutional legal concept by Louis Brandeis - the outstanding American man of law, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He is considered as one of four greatest judges in XX century. L. Brandeis was possible to become successful in asserting the workers social and labor rights that directly have not been fixed in the United States Constitution. The “Brandeis Brief” became the essential contribution to USA procedural law. Brandeis was a supporter of the “Living Constitution” conception that is based on the idea of social changes, evolutions of the …


Mechanisms For Resolving Divisive Issues In Constitutional Negotiations, Sujit Choudhry, Nicholas Haysom Dec 2009

Mechanisms For Resolving Divisive Issues In Constitutional Negotiations, Sujit Choudhry, Nicholas Haysom

Sujit Choudhry

This issue paper is part of the ‘Constitution-making in Focus’ series and is focusing on how to deal with divisive issues in a constitution-making process. There can be no fool-proof algorithms for resolving divisive issues to achieve this end, but there are mechanisms with which every negotiation process should be equipped.


Expression And Location: Are There Constitutional Dead Zones?, Brian Slattery Dec 2009

Expression And Location: Are There Constitutional Dead Zones?, Brian Slattery

Brian Slattery

No abstract provided.


“Intelligence” Searches And Purpose: A Significant Mismatch Between Constitutional Criminal Procedure And The Law Of Intelligence-Gathering, Robert C. Power Dec 2009

“Intelligence” Searches And Purpose: A Significant Mismatch Between Constitutional Criminal Procedure And The Law Of Intelligence-Gathering, Robert C. Power

Robert C. Power

No abstract provided.