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Private Parties As Defendants In Civil Rights Litigation: Introduction, Myriam Gilles Nov 2004

Private Parties As Defendants In Civil Rights Litigation: Introduction, Myriam Gilles

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Of Power And Responsibility: The Political Morality Of Federal Systems, Daniel Halberstam Jan 2004

Of Power And Responsibility: The Political Morality Of Federal Systems, Daniel Halberstam

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In comparative constitutional discourse, Americans are from Mars and Europeans from Venus; we eagerly tell our European counterparts about the U.S. constitutional experience, but rarely do we listen when they talk to us about their own. Whereas Europeans routinely examine U.S. constitutionalism as an illuminating point of comparison or contrast, as Americans, we seem convinced that we have nothing to learn from looking abroad. This Article challenges that assumption. In particular, it argues that American courts and scholars have overlooked an important alternative to the dominant interpretation of the division of powers in the United States by ignoring the theory …


The Search For Coherence In The Use Of Foreign Court Judgements By The Supreme Court Of Ireland, Bruce Carolan Jan 2004

The Search For Coherence In The Use Of Foreign Court Judgements By The Supreme Court Of Ireland, Bruce Carolan

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The reference to foreign court judgments by the US Supreme Courts - particularly in cases involving the US Constitution - has sparked controversy. This controversy flared in Lawrence v. Texas, where Justice Scalia criticized Justice Kennedy for reference to judgments by the European Court of Human Rights in Justice Kennedy's majority opinion striking down the Texas sodomy statute. This article examines the issue from a different perspective: references to 'foreign' court judgments (including US Supreme Court opinions) by the Supreme Court of Ireland. The article examines the Irish Supreme Court's use of judgments from the European Court of Justice, the …


The Anti-Emergency Constitution, Laurence H. Tribe, Patrick O. Gudridge Jan 2004

The Anti-Emergency Constitution, Laurence H. Tribe, Patrick O. Gudridge

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