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Perspectives on Global Constitutionalism : The Use of Foreign and International Law.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: The Hague : Eleven International Publishing, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789460949623
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Perspectives on Global ConstitutionalismDDC classification:
  • 342
LOC classification:
  • K3165 -- .H356 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- COVER -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PATTERNS IN CONSTITUTION-MAKING AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION -- 1 THE LIMITS OF CONSTITUTION-MAKERS' SOVEREIGNTY -- 1.1 MODELS OF CONSTITUTION-MAKING -- 1.2 STANDARDS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 1.3 'ETERNITY CLAUSES' AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS -- 1.4 UNLIMITED POWER TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION -- 1.5 TRANSNATIONALISM IN EUROPE -- 1.6 THE CONSTITUTION-MAKING OF THE HUNGARIAN TRANSITION AND EXTERNAL IMPACTS -- 2 FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION -- 2.1 NORMATIVE UNDERPINNING -- 2.2 JURISPRUDENTIAL ASPECTS -- 2.3 CASE STUDIES -- THE CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BEFORE DOMESTIC COURTS -- 3 THE UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION IN CRIMINAL LAW -- 3.1 INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 3.2 NATIONAL LEGISLATION -- 3.3 LEADING CASES -- 4 UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION FOR CIVIL LITIGATION -- 4.1 LIABILITY OF PRIVATE ACTORS -- 4.2 JURISDICTION OVER STATES -- 5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- EPILOGUE: TOWARDS GLOBAL CONSTITUTIONALISM? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Summary: While global constitutional ideas migrate across countries, continents, agencies, and institutions, internationally accepted principles of constitutionalism and human rights influence national governments that have been able to keep their sovereignty. This book looks into the fascinating question of convergence and sovereignty by approaching the issue from various angels: the use of foreign and international law in national constitution-making and constitutional interpretation on the one hand, and the use of international human rights by domestic courts on the other. The book covers ten countries through different perspectives, focusing on the interplay between the national jurisdiction and international and foreign law. It argues that, despite the different postures towards the use of foreign and international law, constitutionalism and judicial review have 'gone global,' and there is definitely a growing horizontal communication between constitutional systems. The consequence of this development is the emergence of a 'transnational or cosmopolitan constitutionalism.' The book examines how this process can be sped up by the inevitable constitutionalization of international law.
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Intro -- COVER -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PATTERNS IN CONSTITUTION-MAKING AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION -- 1 THE LIMITS OF CONSTITUTION-MAKERS' SOVEREIGNTY -- 1.1 MODELS OF CONSTITUTION-MAKING -- 1.2 STANDARDS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 1.3 'ETERNITY CLAUSES' AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS -- 1.4 UNLIMITED POWER TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION -- 1.5 TRANSNATIONALISM IN EUROPE -- 1.6 THE CONSTITUTION-MAKING OF THE HUNGARIAN TRANSITION AND EXTERNAL IMPACTS -- 2 FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION -- 2.1 NORMATIVE UNDERPINNING -- 2.2 JURISPRUDENTIAL ASPECTS -- 2.3 CASE STUDIES -- THE CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BEFORE DOMESTIC COURTS -- 3 THE UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION IN CRIMINAL LAW -- 3.1 INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 3.2 NATIONAL LEGISLATION -- 3.3 LEADING CASES -- 4 UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION FOR CIVIL LITIGATION -- 4.1 LIABILITY OF PRIVATE ACTORS -- 4.2 JURISDICTION OVER STATES -- 5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- EPILOGUE: TOWARDS GLOBAL CONSTITUTIONALISM? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

While global constitutional ideas migrate across countries, continents, agencies, and institutions, internationally accepted principles of constitutionalism and human rights influence national governments that have been able to keep their sovereignty. This book looks into the fascinating question of convergence and sovereignty by approaching the issue from various angels: the use of foreign and international law in national constitution-making and constitutional interpretation on the one hand, and the use of international human rights by domestic courts on the other. The book covers ten countries through different perspectives, focusing on the interplay between the national jurisdiction and international and foreign law. It argues that, despite the different postures towards the use of foreign and international law, constitutionalism and judicial review have 'gone global,' and there is definitely a growing horizontal communication between constitutional systems. The consequence of this development is the emergence of a 'transnational or cosmopolitan constitutionalism.' The book examines how this process can be sped up by the inevitable constitutionalization of international law.

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