Defining the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law:

Jackson, Vicki C. (Editor)/ Tushnet, Mark V. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0275970698 / ISBN 13: 9780275970697

Published by Praeger Pub Text, 2002

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260 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defining the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law:
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275970698
• ISBN 13: 9780275970697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms

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Synopsis

Jackson, Tushnet, and their contributors, distinguished jurists and legal scholars from around the world, seek to define the field of constitutional law, sometimes expressly but more often by illustrating the way in which each writer thinks about comparative constitutional law. Viewed as a whole, the collection points to common constitutional themes even though how nations responded to these issues differed substantially based on different histories, traditions, and experiences.

Three common themes emerge from the essays. First discussed are the relationships of constitutionalism and constitutional law to popular understandings and political contexts and their relationship to constitutional understandings and transformations. A second set of concerns revolve around dilemmas of equality. Third, explicit or implicit in virtually all of the essays is the theme that globalization as a phenomenon requires comparative constitutional study. Here is a thoughtful and stimulating collection that will be of value to legal scholars, students, and others involved with constitutional law issues.

About the Author

Mark Tushnet is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He was President of the Association of American Law Schools in 2003, and in 2002 was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.


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MARK TUSHNET is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Among his many books are The American Law of Slavery, 1818-1860, Central America and the Law, and Constitutional Law, and he is the author of numerous articles on constitutional law and history.