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Unequal Solidarity: Club Rules and Crisis Support in the European Polity
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Is European solidarity during crises due to common or close identities? Or do Europeans punish rule‐breaking countries by showing them less solidarity? Research on the determinants of European solidarity increasingly focuses on ‘solidarity to’, how givers' attitudes are shaped by their perceptions of receiving member states.
Zbigniew Truchlewski +2 more
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Iudex Calculat: The ECJ's Quest for Power
Judicial Independence is a crucial aspect of the rule of law and the concept of separation of powers. It gives judges considerable leeway in interpreting and thereby modifying the constitution.
Stefan Voigt
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Parental rights and state authority : the family in United States Supreme Court rhetoric
, 2013 textWith increasing frequency, the United States Supreme Court has faced questions pertaining to the Constitutional rights of parents. Contemporary conflicts between states’ authority and parents’ rights to shape the moral education of children are ...
Cook, Benjamin Lee
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article interrogates the national courts' pre‐emptive opinions expressed in the Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union preliminary reference procedure from both theoretical and analytical angles. First, we theorise about the variety of factors influencing national courts' decision to supply the Court of Justice
Marek Pivoda, Filip Vlček
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Sentencing in the Shadow of Promotion: The Impacts of Circuit Court Nomination on Federal Judges
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Judges seek to maximize their own utility, like everyone else. Their goals include job security and promotion. Federal judges lack the electoral incentives that often drive state judges, but they could audition for promotion. I test whether they audition for promotion in their criminal sentencing.
Nicholas Goldrosen
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Ideology and Agenda Setting in the High Court of Australia
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Does judicial ideology affect the process of agenda‐setting in the High Court of Australia? Applications for “special leave” to appeal are the primary method through which the High Court manages its caseload, analogous to certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pat Leslie +3 more
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Constitutional Review in Hong Kong under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Framework: An Inquiry into its Establishment, Justification and Scope [PDF]
, 2013 This thesis enquires into the establishment, justification and scope of constitutional review in Hong Kong against the unique constitutional order of "One Country, Two Systems" established in Hong Kong after its return to China in 1997.
LI, GUANGXIANG
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The Constitutional Status of the Supreme Court of Canada
, 2009 The Supreme Court of Canada was established in 1875 by a statute of Parliament that was enacted pursuant to its legislative authority, under section 101 of the Constitution Act,1867, to provide for the constitution, maintenance and organization of a ...
Newman, Warren J.
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how long‐standing local conflicts concerning the nature of common property, the distribution of access and administrative rights associated with it, and more broadly the nature of the community and the forms of citizenship that organise its governance shape demands for justice regarding land transfers to outside investors
Eric Léonard +2 more
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Disparaging the Supreme Court: Is SCOTUS in Serious Trouble?
, 2015 The piece argues that the Court is now subject to the widest and most sophisticated disparagement it has ever experienced, and that the tumultuous terms over the past two years have especially shown its vulnerability.
Jones, Brian Christopher
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