Weak courts, strong rights judicial review and social welfare rights in comparative constitutional law /

Main Author: Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10284113
Table of Contents:
  • Why comparative constitutional law?
  • Alternative forms of judicial review
  • The possible instability of weak-form review and its implications
  • Why and how to evaluate consitutional performance
  • Constitutional decision making outside the courts
  • The state action doctrine and social and economic rights
  • Structures of judicial review, horizontal effect, and social welfare rights
  • Enforcing social and economic rights.