An inquiry into the existence of global values : through the lens of comparative constitutional law / edited by Dennis Davis, Alan Richter and Cheryl Saunders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Dennis, editor.

Richter, Alan, editor.

Saunders, Cheryl, editor.

Series:

Hart studies in comparative public law.

Hart studies in comparative public law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative law.

Constitutional law.

Law and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Ore. : Hart Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The world appears to be globalizing economically, technologically, and even, to a halting extent, politically. This process of globalization raises the possibility of an international legal framework, a possibility which has gained pressing relevance in the wake of the recent global economic crisis. But, for any international legal framework to exist, normative agreement between countries - with very differing political, economic, cultural, and legal traditions - becomes necessary. This book explores the possibility of such a normative agreement through the prism of national constitutional norms. Since 1945, more than a hundred countries have adopted constitutional texts which incorporate, at least in part, a Bill of Rights. These texts reveal significant similarities, which are examined in the book. From these national studies, the book analyzes the rise of constitutionalism since World War II and charts the possibility of a consensus of values which might plausibly underpin an effective and legitimate international legal order."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Introduction

Dennis Davis, Alan Richter and Cheryl Saunders

2. Values in Australian Constitutionalism

Cheryl Saunders and Megan Donaldson

3. Global Values and Local Realities: Brazilian Constitutional Law

Fábio Carvalho Leite and Florian F Hoffmann

4. Canada

Lorraine E Weinrib

5. Constitutions and Values in Three Chinese Societies

Albert HY Chen

6. Human Dignity, Individual Rights and Equality: The Core Values of the Finnish Constitutional Act

Martta October and Riikka Salonen

7. Constitutional and Legal Framework for Rights Protection in France

Michel Troper

8. Values in German Constitutional Law

Dieter Grimm

9. Crafting Constitutional Values: An Examination of the Supreme Court of India

Menaka Guruswamy

10. Values in Iranian Constitutional Law

Nazila Ghanea

11. Global Values and Local Realities: The Case of Israeli Constitutional Law

Aeyal M Gross

12. Japan

Yasuo Hasebe

13. Values in the South African Constitution

Catherine Albertyn

14. Values in the UK Constitution

Jeffrey Jowell and Colm O'Cinneide

15. Global Constitutional Values in the United States

Ruti Teitel

16. Global Values in the Venezuelan Constitution: Some Prioritisations and Several Incongruences

Allan R Brewer-Carías

17. Conclusion

Dennis Davis, Alan Richter and Cheryl Saunders

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781474202480

1474202489

9781849469197

1849469199

OCLC:

911179570