Constitutional Reasoning in the Nordic Supreme Courts : An Empirical and Comparative Legal Perspective.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kelemen, Katalin, editor.

Series:

Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law.

Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative law.

Constitutional law--Denmark.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--Finland.

Constitutional law--Norway.

Constitutional law--Sweden.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Presents the common features of the Nordic constitutional reasoning, situating the Nordic experience within a broader comparative framework.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

1. Exploring Constitutional Reasoning in the Nordic Supreme Courts Empirically: An Introduction

I. Judicial Power and Constitutional Reasoning in the Nordic Countries

II. Specificities of the Nordic Context

III. Methodological Design

IV. Structure of the Book

2. About the Methodology: A Quantitative Approach to Comparing Constitutional Reasoning in the Nordic Supreme Courts

I. Introduction

II. Background and Purpose

III. Design and Data Collection

IV. Inference and Methods

V. Analysis within Each Nordic Country or Court

VI. Comparison of Administrative vs Non-administrative Cases on the Nordic Level

VII. Comparisons between Nordic Countries or Courts

VIII. Comparisons between Nordic and International Courts

IX. Concluding Remarks

3. Constitutional Reasoning at the Supreme Court of Denmark - In Front of and Behind the Scenes

II. Legal, Political, Institutional, and Academic Context

III. Argumentative Patterns in Case Law: The Most Interesting Findings

IV. Length of Decisions and Separate Decisions

V. Key Concepts

VI. Final Reflections and Conclusion

4. The Culture of Constitutional Reasoning in Iceland

II. Legal and Political Context

III. Institutional and Academic Context

IV. Argumentative Patterns

V. Judicial Style of Reasoning and Key Concepts

VI. Conclusions

5. A Constitutional Culture in Transition? An Empirical Study on Finnish Supreme Courts' Constitutional Reasoning

II. Background to Constitutional Reasoning

III. Constitutional Interpretation: Finnish Peculiarities

IV. Differences between the Supreme Court (KKO) and the Supreme Administrative Court (KHO) in Constitutional Interpretation.

V. Key Concepts in Constitutional Reasoning

6. International Constitutionalism: The Impact of International Law on Constitutional Reasoning in the Norwegian Supreme Court

II. Legal, Political, Institutional and Academic Context

III. Argumentative Patterns

IV. Key Concepts

V. Conclusion

7. Constitutional Reasoning in the Swedish Supreme Courts

I. Background and Context

II. Argumentative Patterns

III. Key Concepts

IV. Concluding Remarks

8. Conclusions: Is there a Nordic Constitutional Culture?

I. About Legal and Constitutional Culture

II. Constitutional Reasoning and the Law ' s Multiple Levels

III. About Nordic Legal and Constitutional Culture

IV. A Nordic Style of Constitutional Reasoning ?

V. The Europeanisation of Constitutional Reasoning

VI. The Nordic-specific Traits of Constitutional Reasoning

VII. Final Thoughts

Appendix: Nordic CONREASON Project Codebook

1. Variables Related to the Characteristics of the Case

2. Variables Related to the Arguments Used in the Case

3. Variables Related to Conceptualisation

4. Conclusive Measurement Variables

Complete List of Cases Used in the Nordic CONREASON Project

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5099-9151-4

1-5099-9152-2

OCLC:

1583182007