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

Main Author: Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
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245 1 |a Weak courts, strong rights :  |b judicial review and social welfare rights in comparative constitutional law /  |c Mark Tushnet. 
260 1 |a Princeton, NJ :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c c2008. 
300 1 |a xvi, 272 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 1 |a 1. Why comparative constitutional law? -- 2. Alternative forms of judicial review -- 3. The possible instability of weak-form review and its implications -- 4. Why and how to evaluate consitutional performance -- 5. Constitutional decision making outside the courts --6. The state action doctrine and social and economic rights -- 7. Structures of judicial review, horizontal effect, and social welfare rights -- 8. Enforcing social and economic rights. 
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