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Constitutional Principles in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Legal Theory and Judicial Deciding
The basic thesis of this essay is that constitutional principles and legal rules can have a meaning in judicial decision, when legal order imparts significance to judicial practice. Research and analysis of implementation of constitutional principles in
Davor Trlin
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Dialing It Back: Why Courts Should Rethink Students’ Privacy and Speech Rights as Cell Phone Communications Erode the ‘Schoolhouse Gate’ [PDF]
The ubiquity of cell phones in today’s society has forced courts to change or dismiss established, but inapplicable analytical frameworks. Two such frameworks in the school setting are regulations of student speech and of student searches.
McGuire, Nicholas J.
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How a Court Becomes Supreme: Defending the Constitution from Unconstitutional Amendments [PDF]
High courts around the world have increasingly invalidated constitutional amendments in defense of their view of democracy, answering in the affirmative what was once a paradoxical question with no obvious answer: can a constitutional amendment be ...
Albert, Richard
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The Multilevel Implications of a Sinn Féin Government in Ireland
Abstract The electoral growth of Sinn Féin on both sides of the Irish border has generated much political and academic attention in recent years. The party could form part of the government in Dublin for the first time at the next Irish general election, though that outcome is far from certain.
Conor J. Kelly
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Judicial Defence of Constitutionalism in the Assessment of South Africa's International Obligations
The (sometimes fragile) balance between South Africa's constitutional obligations to protect and promote human rights in the international arena and the realities of political practice is the focus of this paper.
Francois Venter
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Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
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Modern textualists have assumed that careful attention to constitutional text is the key to the recovery of the Constitution\u27s original public meaning.
Treanor, William Michael
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Abstract Almost regardless of the welfare system and market context, the changing housing landscapes in Western countries show a number of similar trends. Households are confronted with decreasing access to homeownership and social renting, and increased reliance on private renting in combination with growing housing shortages and housing affordability
Marietta Haffner, Kath Hulse
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New Majoritarian Constitutionalism [PDF]
Ever since Alexander Bickel coined the phrase “countermajoritarian difficulty,” commentators have frequently described the Supreme Court as either a “majoritarian” or “counter-majoritarian” institution.
Landau, Joseph
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Examining the Evidentiary Basis of Congress's Commerce Clause Power to Address Individuals' Health Insurance Status [PDF]
Outlines the issues involved in whether the 2010 Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is constitutional under the commerce clause, presents research literature on the effect of uninsurance on the broader economy, and reviews the lower courts ...
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