A comparative and historical account of the origins and meanings of the discourse of judicial 'balancing' in constitutional rights law. Series: Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: LAM; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Balancing Constitutional Rights: The Origins and Meanings of Postwar Legal Discourse: 10 (Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law, Series Number 10)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1107622484
ISBN 13: 9781107622487
Binding: Soft cover
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The language of balancing is pervasive in constitutional rights jurisprudence around the world. In this book, Jacco Bomhoff offers a comparative and historical account of the origins and meanings of this talismanic form of language, and of the legal discourse to which it is central. Contemporary discussion has tended to see the increasing use of balancing as the manifestation of a globalization of constitutional law. This book is the first to argue that 'balancing' has always meant radically different things in different settings. Bomhoff uses detailed case studies of early post-war US and German constitutional jurisprudence to show that the same unique language expresses both biting scepticism and profound faith in law and adjudication, and both deep pessimism and high aspirations for constitutional rights. An understanding of these radically different meanings is essential for any evaluation of the work of constitutional courts today.

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Jacco Bomhoff is Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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