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Defining the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Defining the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law

Contributors:

By (Author) Vicki C. Jackson
Edited by Professor Mark Tushnet

ISBN:

9780275970697

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Publication Date:

30th December 2002

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Political science and theory

Dewey:

342

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

288

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 235mm

Weight:

567g

Description

Essays seeking to define the field of comparative constitutional law. Jackson, Tushnet, and their contributors, distinguished jurists and legal scholars from around the world, seek to define the field of constitutional law, sometimes expressly but more often by illustrating the way in which each writer thinks about comparative constitutional law. Viewed as a whole, the collection points to common constitutional themes even though how nations responded to these issues differed substantially based on different histories, traditions, and experiences. Three common themes emerge from the essays. First discussed are the relationships of constitutionalism and constitutional law to popular understandings and political contexts and their relationship to constitutional understandings and transformations. A second set of concerns revolve around dilemmas of equality. Third, explicit or implicit in virtually all of the essays is the theme that globalization as a phenomenon requires comparative constitutional study. Here is a thoughtful and stimulating collection that will be of value to legal scholars, students, and others involved with constitutional law issues.

Reviews

Defining the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law is an important contribution to a rich tradition of public law scholarship on courts and constitutions in comparative perpective.-The Law and Politics Book Review
"Defining the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law is an important contribution to a rich tradition of public law scholarship on courts and constitutions in comparative perpective."-The Law and Politics Book Review

Author Bio

VICKI C. JACKSON is Professor of Law, Georgetown University. MARK TUSHNET is Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University. Both have published extensively on constitutional law issues.

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