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Constitutional Interpretation.

Edward Elgar Law 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Choudhry, Sujit.
Contributor:
Choudhry, Sujit
O'Regan, Catherine
Bernal Pulido, Carlos.
Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
Series:
Research handbooks in comparative constitutional law.
Research Handbooks in Comparative Constitutional Law
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Constitutional law.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (927 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
Summary:
This insightful Handbook argues that constitutional interpretation has two core elements: constitutional text and constitutional context.Through a combination of thematic chapters and country-specific case studies, the Handbook analyses commitments found in preambles, epilogues, and other constitutional elements, as well as the overall.
Contents:
Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
Editors' acknowledgements
List of Contributors
About the editors
Table of cases
Chapter 1: Constitutional interpretation in the Third Wave: the importance of text and context
PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION IN THE THIRD WAVE
Section A: Constitutional Text
Chapter 2: Text, history, and precedent
Chapter 3: The living constitution in collaborative context
Chapter 4: Purposive/teleological interpretation
Chapter 5: Judicial usages of preambles in constitutional interpretation: from rhetorical flourish to meta-constitutional law
Chapter 6: Directive principles
Chapter 7: Interpreting unconstitutional constitutional amendments
Chapter 8: Interpreting constitutions and statutes: convergence more than specificity, whether in common law or civil law
Section B: Constitutional Context: Legal Culture, Political Context, and Constitutional Mission
Chapter 9: The role of legal-professional culture in constitutional interpretation
Chapter 10: Federalism
Chapter 11: Aversive constitutionalism
Chapter 12: Constitutionalism and peacemaking: comparative perspectives
Chapter 13: Social transformation
Chapter 14: Popular constitutionalism
Chapter 15: Anti-authoritarian constitutional interpretation
Chapter 16: The role of comparative materials in constitutional interpretation
Section C:Constitutional Context: Regional Human Rights Systems and Public International Law
Chapter 17: The role of the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights in constitutional interpretation in Africa
Chapter 18: The American Convention on Human Rights in Latin American domestic courts
Chapter 19: Constitutional interpretation in European countries and the influence of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Union.
Chapter 20: Constitutional interpretation and international human rights law
Chapter 21: International humanitarian law and international criminal law in constitutional interpretation
Chapter 22: International refugee law and constitutional interpretation
Chapter 23: International economic law in constitutional interpretation
PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES
Chapter 25: Constitutional interpretation in Brazil
Chapter 26: Constitutional interpretation in Canada: watering living trees and Canadian values
Chapter 27: Constitutional interpretation in Colombia
Chapter 28: Constitutional interpretation in Germany: the Federal Constitutional Court
Chapter 29: Constitutional interpretation in India
Chapter 30: Constitutional interpretation in Kenya
Chapter 31: Constitutional interpretation in Poland
Chapter 32: Constitutional interpretation in South Africa
Chapter 33: Constitutional interpretation: the UK experience
Chapter 34: Constitutional interpretation in the United States
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-03-537263-0
1-80037-174-8
9781035372638
OCLC:
1570229282

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