European and US constitutionalism / edited by Georg Nolte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nolte, Georg, 1959- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Europe.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

European & US Constitutionalism

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

European and US constitutionalism : comparing essential elements

Freedom of speech in Europe

Freedom of expression adjudication in Europe and the United States : a case study in comparative constitutional architecture

The concept of human dignity in European and US constitutionalism

'Human dignity' in Europe and the United States : the social foundations

The protective function of the state

The protective function of the state in the United States and Europe : the constitutional question

Constitutional adjudication in Europe and the United States : paradoxes and contrasts

Democracy and international influences

The two world orders.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15496-0

1-280-41641-6

0-511-18271-6

0-511-13077-5

0-511-20047-1

0-511-30087-5

0-511-49390-8

0-511-12924-6

OCLC:

171137550