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European and US Constitutionalism

Hardback

Main Details

Title European and US Constitutionalism
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Georg Nolte
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:324
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 157
ISBN/Barcode 9780521854016
ClassificationsDewey:342.4
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 29 September 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

European constitutionalism is not merely an intra-European phenomenon but it can also be compared to other major forms of constitutionalism. Over the past decade or so issues have emerged which seem to indicate that European constitutional theory and practice is becoming aware that it has developed certain rules and possesses certain characteristics which distinguish it from US constitutionalism and vice versa. This book explores whether such differences can be found in the five areas of 'freedom of speech', 'human dignity', 'duty to protect', 'adjudication' and 'democracy and international influences'. The authors of this book are constitutional scholars from Europe and the United States as well as from other constitutional states, such as Canada, Israel, Japan, Peru and South Africa.

Author Biography

Georg Nolte is Professor of Law at the University of Munich. From 1999 until 2004 he was Professor of Law at the University of Gottingen and in 2003/04 he was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.

Reviews

"European and U.S. Constitutionalism makes an importtant contribution to the larger discipline of comparatice constitutional law... Daniel Halberstam, University of Michigan Law School, I-CON