Constitutional courts in comparison : the U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court / edited by Ralf Rogowski and Thomas Gawron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rogowski, Ralf, editor.

Gawron, Thomas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Germany. Bundesverfassungsgericht.

Germany.

Constitutional courts.

Judicial review.

Physical Description:

xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

New and revised second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.

Summary:

Constitutional litigation in general attracts two distinct types of conflict: disputes of a highly politicized or culturally controversial nature and requests from citizens claiming a violation of a fundamental constitutional right. The side-by-side comparison between the US Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court provides a novel socio-legal approach in studying constitutional litigation, focusing on conditions of mobilisation, decision-making and implementation. This updated and revised second edition includes a number of new contributions on the political status of the courts in their democratic political cultures. Book jacket.

Contents:

Constitutional litigation in the United States / Robert A. Kagan and Gregory Elinson

Access to the German Federal Constitutional Court / Werner Heun

Mobilization of the German Federal Constitutional Court / Erhard Blankenburg

The U.S. Supreme Court's strategic decision making process / Timothy R. Johnson and Maron W. Sorenson

Decision making at the German Federal Constitutional Court / Uwe Kranenpohl

Junior varsity judges? Law clerks in the decisional process of the U.S. Supreme Court / Artemus Ward

The legal assistants at the German Federal Constitutional Court : a "black box" of research? / Otwin Massing

The implementation of U.S. Supreme Court decisions / Lawrence Baum

Implementation of German Federal Constitutional Court decisions : judicial orders and the federal legislature / Thomas Gawron and Ralf Rogowski

The U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court : selection, nomination and election of justices / Klaus Stewe

The impact of the German Federal Constitutional Court on consolidation and quality of democracy / Sascha Kneip

Constitutional courts in changing political systems / Hans J. Lietzmann.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781785332739 hardback)

1785332732 hardback)

9781785330957

1785330950

OCLC:

951018009