Constitutionalism and the role of parliaments /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2007. |
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| Description: | xiv, 275 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law ; v. 3 Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law v. 3. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6614405 |
Table of Contents:
- pt.1. National traditions of parliamentary law: towards a European model?
- Constitutionalism and the role of parliaments
- Parliamentary law and parliamentary government in Britain: some historical remarks
- The formation of parliamentary law in France
- Parliamentary law: the German experience
- The law and custom of a new parliament: the European Parliament.
- pt.2. Parliaments and the executive
- Cabinet as the leading part of parliament: the Westminster model in Europe
- Parliaments and the executive: old control rights and new control contexts in Germany
- Executive powers in foreign policy: the decision to dispatch the military
- Separation of powers, public law theory and comparative analysis.
- pt.3. Parliaments, the courts and human rights
- Judicial independence and parliaments
- Why should judges be independent?: reflections on Coke, Montesquieu and the French tradition of judicial dependence
- Independence of the judiciary in Germany
- Making parliamentary rights effective: the role of constitutional courts in Germany
- The parliamenary protection of human rights.