Juridification of Politics – Contradictory Results of the Justice Sector Reforms in Georgia [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2023 The interrelation between the law and politics permeates contemporary discussions of constitutional and statehood issues. Law and legal formalism have penetrated many areas, which were traditionally considered political, which has created a trend of ...
Sopho Verdzeuli
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Civil Challenges to the Use of Low-Bid Contracts for Indigent Defense [PDF]
, 2000 In recent years, increasing attention has been directed to the problem of adequate representation for indigent criminal defendants. While overwhelming caseloads and inadequate funding plague indigent defense systems of all types, there is a growing ...
Lemos, Margaret H.
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When Heather needs her second mommy
Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 4-25, December 2025.Abstract Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) appeared to settle certain issues in family law by allowing same gender individuals to marry. Unfortunately, Obergefell left some areas of inequality between same gender and heterogeneous households, including visitation and family support rights and obligations, especially rights outside of and before
Daniel R. Fruit
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The Political Role of the Supreme Court of the United States under the Separation of Powers and its Model of Checks and Balances [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2019 The role of the judicial branch in the US checks and balances model of the separation of powers has never been univocal; An analysis of the epochs reveals that this branch of government has come together in an interesting and complex way of evolution ...
Iviko Khavtasi
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Permissibility of Holding a Referendum under the Conditions of Occupation of the Territories of Georgia [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2023 It is acknowledged truth in the sphere of legal hermeneutics, that when interpreting a legal norm, we should not always rely only on grammatical and word-for-word interpretation, and we should also refer to other ways and methods of interpretation ...
George Goradze
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Judicial Incoherence, Capital Punishment, and the Legalization of Torture [PDF]
, 2019 This brief essay responds to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bucklew v. Precythe. It contends that the argument relied upon by the Court in that decision, as well as in Glossip v. Gross, is either trivial or demonstrably invalid. Hence, this essay
Duindam, Guus
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Three Challenges in Political Regime Classification: The Regime Configuration Framework
Politics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 6, December 2025.ABSTRACT This article reviews political regime classification in the context of contemporary debates. We problematize the classical division between categorical and continuous approaches and recent responses to their limitations. We use hybrid regimes to question the conventional framing of political regime classification.
Zarina Kulaeva
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TalTech Journal of European StudiesThe 2017–2018 constitutional reform amended the Constitution of Georgia and changed the political system of the country. The president has the responsibility to represent the country in international relations, but only with the approval of the ...
Gegenava Dimitry, Goradze George
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Relationship between the Process of Emergency-related Norm-Making and the Principle of the Legal State in Light of a State of Emergency in Georgia Declared on 21 March 2020 [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2020 Principle of the Rule of Law is a cornerstone of the Georgian Constitution and organization of the government in general. It determines the way in which government should be conducted.
Nodar Kherkheulidze
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How Could Religious Liberty be a Human Right? [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2023 A growing number of scholars think "religious liberty" is a bad idea. The unfairness objection is that singling out religion for special protection is unjust to comparable nonreligious conceptions of the good.
Andrew Koppelman
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