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Courts in Federal Countries
Federalists or Unitarists?
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English
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2017
About this book
Courts in Federal Countries examines the role high courts play in thirteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Nigeria, Spain, and the United States.
Author / Editor information
Aroney Nicholas Theodore :
Nicholas Aroney is Professor of Constitutional Law in the School of Law at the University of Queensland.
Kincaid John :
John Kincaid is the Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service as well as the Director of the Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.
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Daniel Perlin, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University:
"Courts in Federal Countries does something differently than other books on the topic of federal systems of government…Some works may compare one or two countries. This work looks at 13 countries."
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
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1. Introduction: Courts in Federal Countries
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2. The High Court of Australia: Textual Unitarism vs Structural Federalism
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3. The Constitutional Court of Belgium: Safeguard of the Autonomy of the Communities and Regions
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4. The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil: Protecting Democracy and Centralized Power
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5. The Supreme Court of Canada: The Concept of Cooperative Federalism and Its Effect on the Balance of Power
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6. The Supreme Court of Ethiopia: Federalism’s Bystander
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7. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany: Guardian of Unitarism and Federalism
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8. The Supreme Court of India: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Protection of Federalism
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9. The Supreme Court of Mexico: Reconfiguring Federalism through Constitutional Adjudication and Amendment after Single-Party Rule
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10. The Supreme Court of Nigeria: An Embattled Judiciary More Centralist Than Federalist
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11. The Constitutional Court of South Africa: Reinforcing an Hourglass System of Multi-Level Government1
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12. The Constitutional Court of Spain: From System Balancer to Polarizing Centralist
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13. The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland: Judicial Balancing of Federalism without Judicial Review
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14. The Supreme Court of the United States: Promoting Centralization More Than State Autonomy
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15. Comparative Observations and Conclusions
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Contributors
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Index
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April 3, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9781487514662
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600
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