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875609
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Ferreres Comella, Víctor.
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| Title & Author
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Constitutional courts and democratic values : : a European perspective /\ Víctor Ferreres Comella.
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven :: Yale University Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages)
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| ISBN
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0300148682
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: 9780300148688
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0300148674
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9780300148671
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-222) and index.
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| Contents
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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEA -- 1 The Rise of Constitutional Courts -- 2 Historical Background: The Principle of Separation of Powers -- 3 A Traditional Justification: Legal Certainty -- PART II. EXPLORING THE ADVANTAGES OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS -- 4 The Justification of Constitutional Review: The Sketch of an Argument -- 5 The Special Nature of Constitutional Discourse -- 6 The Structure of the Constitutional Conversation -- 7 Overcoming Judicial Timidity -- 8 The Democratic Objection to Constitutional Review
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9 Democratic Checks on CourtsPART III. CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS UNDER PRESSURE -- 10 Decentralizing Tendencies in the System -- 11 The Impact of the European Court of Justice -- 12 The Impact of the European Court of Human Rights -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
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Víctor Ferreres Comella contrasts the European 'centralised' constitutional court model, in which one court system is used to adjudicate constitutional questions, with a decentralised model such as that of the United States, in which courts deal with both constitutional and non-constitutional questions.
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Constitutional courts-- Europe.
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Constitutional courts-- United States.
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Judicial review-- Europe.
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Judicial review-- United States.
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Constitutional courts.
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Judicial review.
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LAW-- Civil Procedure.
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LAW-- General.
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LAW-- Legal Services.
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Law.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Judicial Branch.
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Europe.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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347.4035
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| LC Classification
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KJC5456.F47 2009eb
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| Cover Title
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Constitutional courts & democratic values
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