Constitutions Compared An Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law (Second Edition)

by Heringa, Aalt Willem; Kiiver, Philipp

• ISBN13: 9789050959551
• ISBN10: 9050959555
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-17
• Publisher: Intersentia

Summary

This updated and expanded second edition of the successful Constitutions Compared handbook provides a user-friendly introduction to comparative constitutional law. The book covers the constitutional systems of the US, the UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. It is a helpful guide for students who are exploring comparative constitutional law, and it is a useful foundation for more advanced graduate-level courses. The book's comparative approach is thematic. For each area of constitutional law, a general introduction and a comparative overview is provided, which is then followed by more detailed country chapters on that specific area. The themes addressed are: origins and main features of constitutions, federalism, unitarism, and decentralization, parliaments and lawmaking, governments, their parliaments, and their heads of state, judicial review and human rights. In addition, the book discusses the constitutional impact of the EU, the system of human-rights protection under the Eur