András Sajó, Renáta Uitz

The Constitution of Freedom

An Introduction to Legal Constitutionalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Informed by a life lived under the oppressions of communism, ECtHR Judge Andras Sajo examines the fundamentals of constitutional systems of government, protection from tyranny, and promotion of freedom in this timely and important book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 178mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9780198732174
• ISBN-10: 0198732171
• Artikelnr.: 49207018

Autorenporträt

András Sajó is a judge (2008) and past vice-president (2015-2017) of the European Court of Human Rights. He is also a University Professor at the Central European University in Budapest and Global Visiting Professor of Law at New York University Law School. He is the author and editor of numerous books on comparative constitutional law, including the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law, with Michel Rosenfeld. Renáta Uitz is professor and chair of the comparative constitutional law program at Central European University, Budapest.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Constitutions and Constitutionalism
2: Conditions for a Constitution
3: Democracy, or Taming an Unruly Friend
4: Dangerous Liaisons: Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
5: Federalism
6: Parliamentarism and the Legislative Branch
7: The Executive Power
8: The Rule of Law and Its Executors
9: Who Guards the Guardians? Constitutional Adjudication
10: Rights
11: Constitutions Under Stress
12: Multi-layered Constitutionalism, Globalization and the Revival of the Nation State