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:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.