Constitutional Court and Constitutional Review in Albania
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Brunilda Bara
Abstract
This article tends to give an insight on the historical and institutional development of the Constitutional Court of Albania, on the need of the society and the historical changes that led to its creation.
It focuses especially on the role and competences of this Court on the protection of the rule of law, of the constitutional principles, on the balancing and division of powers, on the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals. Its aim is to provide overall information on the functioning and standards it follows.
It is based on the jurisprudence of this Court during the years and is enriched by its decisions on particular subjects and compares this Court to other similar ones in Eastern European countries.
The article is mainly directed to scholars and legal writers whose aim is to compare the organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court of Albania to other similar courts.
© 2017 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Table of Contents
- Editorial
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- Freedom of Communication in the US and Europe
- Terrorism and Constitutional Change: Lessons from Spain
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- Book Reviews
- Werner Heun, The Constitution of Germany: A contextual analysis, Hart Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1841138688, 241 pp.
- Ioannis Lianos/Okeoghene Odudu (eds), Regulating Trade in Services in the EU and the WTO. Trust, Distrust and Economic Integration, Cambridge University Press 2012, ISBN 9781107008649, 489 pp.
Articles in the same Issue
- Inhalt
- Table of Contents
- Editorial
- Articles
- Constitutional Protection of the Head of State: The Case of Kosovo
- Freedom of Communication in the US and Europe
- Terrorism and Constitutional Change: Lessons from Spain
- Notes
- Egypt’s Constitution: What went Wrong?
- Constitutional Court and Constitutional Review in Albania
- Developments Austria
- Determination of citizenship after (supposed) birth through full surrogacy in the Ukraine
- Comprehensive prohibition of panhandling in public areas unconstitutional
- The exclusion to receive copies of video surveillance in the light of the right to a fair trial
- Developments CEE
- Polish Constitutional Tribunal: The rules for disclosing case records at the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings
- Hungarian Constitutional Court: The Ratification of the Fiscal Compact
- Book Reviews
- Werner Heun, The Constitution of Germany: A contextual analysis, Hart Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1841138688, 241 pp.
- Ioannis Lianos/Okeoghene Odudu (eds), Regulating Trade in Services in the EU and the WTO. Trust, Distrust and Economic Integration, Cambridge University Press 2012, ISBN 9781107008649, 489 pp.
