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Courts in federal countries : federalists or unitarists? /

"Courts are key players in the dynamics of federal countries since their rulings have a direct impact on the ability of governments to centralize and decentralize power. Courts in Federal Countries examines the role high courts play in thirteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ge...

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Corporate Authors: Courts and judicial systems in federal countries (Conference) Montréal, Québec), JSTOR (Organization), Forum of Federations (sponsoring body.), Québec (Province). Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Aroney, Nicholas (Editor), Kincaid, John, 1946- (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Constitutional courts > Congresses.
Federal government > Congresses.
Constitutional courts > Case studies.
Federal government > Case studies.
Cours constitutionnelles > Études de cas.
Gouvernement fédéral > Études de cas.
Cours constitutionnelles > Congrès.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Constitutional courts.
Federal government.
Einheitsstaat
Föderalismus
Rechtsvergleich
Verfassungsgericht
Federal courts
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : courts in federal countries / Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid
  • The High Court of Australia : textual unitarism vs structural federalism / Nicholas Aroney
  • The Constitutional Court of Belgium : safeguard of the autonomy of the communities and regions / Patrick Peeters and Jens Mosselmans
  • The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil : protecting democracy and centralized power / Gilberto Marcos Antonio Rodrigues, Marco Antonio Garcia Lopes Lorencini, and Augusto Zimmermann
  • The Supreme Court of Canada : the concept of cooperative federalism and its effect on the balance of power / Eugénie Brouillet
  • The Supreme Court of Ethiopia : federalism's bystander / Gedion T. Hessebon and Abduletif K. Idris
  • The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany : guardian of unitarism and federalism / Arthur Benz
  • The Supreme Court of India : the rise of judicial power and the protection of federalism / Manish Tewari and Rekha Saxena
  • The Supreme Court of Mexico : reconfiguring federalism through constitutional adjudication and amendment after single-party rule / José Antonio Caballero Juárez
  • The Supreme Court of Nigeria : an embattled judiciary more centralist than federalist / Rotimi T. Suberu
  • The Constitutional Court of South Africa : reinforcing an hourglass system of multilevel government / Nico Steytler
  • The Constitutional Court of Spain : from system balancer to polarizing centralist / Elisenda Casanas Adam
  • The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland : fudicial balancing of federalism without judicial review / Andreas Lienhard, Daniel Kettiger, Jacques Bühler, Loranne Mérillat, and Daniela Winkler
  • The Supreme Court of the United States : promoting centralization more than state autonomy / Ilya Somin
  • Comparative observations and conclusions / Nicholas Aroney and John Kincaid.