Sources of Constitutional Law Constitutions and Fundamental Legal Provisions from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the ECHR and the EU (Second Edition)

by Kiiver, Philipp

• ISBN13: 9789089520906
• ISBN10: 9089520902
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-10
• Publisher: Europa Law Publishing

Summary

This volume contains important constitutional and legislative texts from the US, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK, as well as provisions from the European Convention on Human Rights and the Treaty on European Union. It will assist students working with, and citing, written sources of constitutional law from various systems. All texts are reproduced in the original or authentic English or are freshly translated into English under critical editorship. Unlike many other translations, this volume remains true to the content, style, and syntax of the original texts. This allows the reader to appreciate not only the substance, but also the authentic form - and the beauty of old-fashioned or cryptic language - of constitutional sources. This second edition updates and expands the previous edition. Provisions that had been omitted for editorial reasons in the first edition are now included. The Constitutions of the US, France, and Germany; the Charter and Constitution of the Kingdo

Author Biography

Philipp Kiiver is Associate Professor of European and Comparative Constitutional Law at Maastricht University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition	p. v
Contents	p. vii
United States: Constitution and Amendments	p. 1
France: Constitution	p. 11
France: Declaration of 1789	p. 29
France: Electoral Code (selected provisions)	p. 31
Germany: Basic Law	p. 35
Germany: Federal Elections Act (selected provisions)	p. 69
The Netherlands: Charter for the Kingdom	p. 71
The Netherlands: Constitution	p. 79
The Netherlands: Elections Act (selected provisions)	p. 93
United Kingdom: Bill of Rights 1689 (selected provisions)	p. 97
United Kingdom: Parliament Acts 1911/1949	p. 107
United Kingdom: Human Rights Act 1998 (selected provisions)	p. 109
United Kingdom: Scotland Act 1998 (selected provisions)	p. 117
European Convention on Human Rights (with protocols)	p. 121
Treaty on European Union and protocols (selected provisions)	p. 123
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