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Chapter 1: Introduction: the comparative turn in constitutional theory
Gary Jacobsohn
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Miguel Schor
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23 Feb 2018
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Law 2018
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Comparative Constitutional Theory
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Gary Jacobsohn
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Miguel Schor
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Chapter 1: Introduction: the comparative turn in constitutional theory
PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND RIGHTS
Chapter 2: What is judicial supremacy?
Chapter 3: Federalism and constitutional theory
Chapter 4: Theoretical underpinnings of separation of powers
Chapter 5: Constitutional dialogue and judicial supremacy
Chapter 6: Judicial dialogue and fundamental rights in the European Union: a quest for legitimacy
Chapter 7: Parliamentary bills of rights: have they altered the norms for legislative decision-making?
Chapter 8: Social rights in comparative constitutional theory
Chapter 9: Human dignity and its critics
PART II: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION
Chapter 10: The counter-majoritarian thesis
Chapter 11: Legal pragmatism and comparative constitutional law
Chapter 12: Beyond the principle of proportionality
Chapter 13: Text and textualism: religious establishment in the United States Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights
Chapter 14: Reception, context and identity: a theory of cross-national jurisprudence
PART III: CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
Chapter 15: “We the people”, “oui, the people” and the collective body: perceptions of constituent power
Chapter 16: Amendment theory and constituent power
Chapter 17: Anchoring and sailing: contrasting imperatives of constitutional revolution
Chapter 18: Theorising about formal constitutional change: the case of Latin America
Chapter 19: Transitional justice, transitional constitutionalism and constitutional culture
PART IV: ISSUES IN CONSTITUTIONALISM
Chapter 20: The unwritten constitution
Chapter 21: Militant democracy and constitutional identity
Chapter 22: Some notes on inclusive constitution-making, citizenship and civic constitutionalism
Chapter 23: Race and American constitutional exceptionalism
Chapter 24: Constitutional dissonance in China
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Comparative Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Politics and Public Policy
Constitutions
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