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Do constitutional entrenchment clauses matter? Constitutional review of constitutional amendments in Europe

, 2020
Do constitutional entrenchment clauses matter? And if yes, how? This article examines these questions by analyzing a comprehensive collection of 154 decisions issued by European constitutional and supreme courts from 1945 up to 2016, on the ...
M. Hein
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Imperial Politics, English Law, and the Strategic Foundations of Constitutional Review in America

American Political Science Review, 2019
In the colonial period of American history, the British Crown reviewed, and sometimes nullified, acts of colonial assemblies for “repugnancy to the laws of England.” In this way, Crown review established external, legal constraints on American ...
Sean Gailmard
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Elections, Public Awareness, and the Efficacy of Constitutional Review

Journal of Law and Courts, 2019
Scholars have long recognized the importance of timing in political decision making. In this article, I consider the potential for the strategic timing of court decisions involving the constitutional review of statutes.
Jay N. Krehbiel
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Mixed Judicial Selection and Constitutional Review

Comparative Political Studies, 2019
Almost half the constitutional court judges worldwide are selected by a mixed selection system, whereby a specific number of judges are selected by different government institutions.
L. Tiede
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Constitutional and Administrative Law

, 2023
Introduction - the scope of constitutional law sources of the constitution the structure of the United Kingdom the rule of law the separation of powers the Royal prerogative parliamentary sovereignty central government local government -an outline the ...
H. Barnett
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Constitutional Court and Constitutional Review in Albania

ICL Journal, 2013
Abstract This article tends to give an insight on the historical and institutional develop­ment of the Constitutional Court of Albania, on the need of the society and the historical changes that led to its creation. It focuses especially on the role and competences of this Court on the protection of the rule of law, of ...
Brunilda Bara, Jonad Bara
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Constitutional Review in Finland

2020
Abstract This chapter takes a look at how constitutional review is conducted in Finland. Here, the Finnish model has managed to ward off at least some of the dangers of which critics of judicial review and the ensuing tendency towards a ‘jurisdictional state’ have warned.
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International Constitutional Review

2014
This chapter analyzes four additional case studies of international courts (ICs) reviewing state practices. In their constitutional review role, ICs hold international and state actors accountable to constitutional procedural and rule of law expectations, invalidating legislative acts that conflict with higher order legal requirements.
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C Constitutional Review

2006
The disavowal of any law or decision of the Legislature as repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution under Article 179.2 is accompanied by corresponding mechanism for the constitutional review of such enactments established by Articles 140 and 144.
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Constitutional review of constitutional amendments

2016
The article deals with unamendable constitutional provisions, their effectiveness and constitutional review of constitutional amendments developed in an effort to shield these lasting principles from revision. Offering insights into the jurisprudence of constitutional tribunals of Germany, Italy and India, the author concludes with an assessment of the
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