Comparative Constitutional History
Volume One: Principles, Developments, Challenges
Published on 23. July 2020
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-90-04-39211-3 (ISBN)
Description
While comparative constitutional law is a well-established field, less attention has been paid so far to the comparative dimension of constitutional history. The present volume, edited by Francesco Biagi, Justin O. Frosini and Jason Mazzone, aims to address this shortcoming by bringing focus to comparative constitutional history, which holds considerable promise for engaging and innovative work along several key avenues of inquiry. The essays contained in this volume focus on the origins and design of constitutional governments and the sources that have impacted the ways in which constitutional systems began and developed, the evolution of the principle of separation of powers among branches of government, as well as the origins, role and function of constitutional and supreme courts.
Contributors: Mark Somos, Gohar Karapetian, Justin O. Frosini, Viktoriia Lapa, Miguel Manero de Lemos, Francesco Biagi, Catherine Andrews, Goncalo de Almeida Ribeiro, Mario Alberto Cajas-Sarria, and Fabian Duessel.
Contributors: Mark Somos, Gohar Karapetian, Justin O. Frosini, Viktoriia Lapa, Miguel Manero de Lemos, Francesco Biagi, Catherine Andrews, Goncalo de Almeida Ribeiro, Mario Alberto Cajas-Sarria, and Fabian Duessel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
569 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-39211-3 (9789004392113)
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Francesco Biagi (Ph.D., University of Ferrara, 2012) is Senior Assistant Professor of Comparative Public Law at the University of Bologna Department of Legal Studies. His latest book is European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy (CUP, 2020).
Justin O. Frosini is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Bocconi University in Milan and Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at Johns Hopkins University. He earned his law degree and his doctorate from the University of Bologna.
Jason Mazzone is the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he also serves as Director of the Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law. He earned undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University and his doctorate from Yale University.
Justin O. Frosini is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Bocconi University in Milan and Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at Johns Hopkins University. He earned his law degree and his doctorate from the University of Bologna.
Jason Mazzone is the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he also serves as Director of the Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law. He earned undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University and his doctorate from Yale University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Francesco Biagi, Justin O. Frosini and Jason Mazzone
Part 1
Constitutional Origins
1 George Bancroft in Goettingen: an American Reception of German Legal Thought
?Mark Somos
2 Uniformity and Diversity. a Confrontation between French and Dutch Thought on Citizenship
?Gohar Karapetian
3 The Historical and Legal Significance of Constitutional Preambles: a Case Study on the Ukrainian Constitution of 1996
?Justin O. Frosini and Viktoriia Lapa
4 How the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong Should Re-assert Its Power to Review Acts of the Standing Committee
?Miguel Manero de Lemos
Part 2
Challenges of Executive and Legislative Power
5 The Separation of Powers and Forms of Government in the mena Region Following the "Arab Spring": a Break with the Past?
?Francesco Biagi
6 'The Constitution Will Be Our Last Hope in the Momentary Storm.' Institutions of Constitutional Protection and Oversight in Mexico and Their Contribution to Atlantic Constitutional Thought (1821-1841)
?Catherine Andrews
Part 3
Judicial Authority and Its Limits
7 Judicial Review of Legislation in Portugal: Genealogy and Critique
?Goncalo de Almeida Ribeiro
8 Defending the Judiciary? Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments on the Judiciary in Colombia
?Mario Alberto Cajas Sarria
9 Direct Individual Access to Constitutional Justice in South Korea and Taiwan
?Fabian Duessel
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Francesco Biagi, Justin O. Frosini and Jason Mazzone
Part 1
Constitutional Origins
1 George Bancroft in Goettingen: an American Reception of German Legal Thought
?Mark Somos
2 Uniformity and Diversity. a Confrontation between French and Dutch Thought on Citizenship
?Gohar Karapetian
3 The Historical and Legal Significance of Constitutional Preambles: a Case Study on the Ukrainian Constitution of 1996
?Justin O. Frosini and Viktoriia Lapa
4 How the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong Should Re-assert Its Power to Review Acts of the Standing Committee
?Miguel Manero de Lemos
Part 2
Challenges of Executive and Legislative Power
5 The Separation of Powers and Forms of Government in the mena Region Following the "Arab Spring": a Break with the Past?
?Francesco Biagi
6 'The Constitution Will Be Our Last Hope in the Momentary Storm.' Institutions of Constitutional Protection and Oversight in Mexico and Their Contribution to Atlantic Constitutional Thought (1821-1841)
?Catherine Andrews
Part 3
Judicial Authority and Its Limits
7 Judicial Review of Legislation in Portugal: Genealogy and Critique
?Goncalo de Almeida Ribeiro
8 Defending the Judiciary? Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments on the Judiciary in Colombia
?Mario Alberto Cajas Sarria
9 Direct Individual Access to Constitutional Justice in South Korea and Taiwan
?Fabian Duessel
Index