Constitutional Courts

OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming

Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 233

15 Pages Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last revised: 11 Oct 2012

Date Written: August 21, 2011

Abstract

The paper discusses the origins, defining characteristics, and diffusion of the Kelsenian constitutional court, and surveys the relevant comparative literature on the impact of these organs on lawmaking and democratization across the globe.

Keywords: constitutional courts, fundamental rights, delegation, trusteeship, Hans Kelsen

Suggested Citation

Stone Sweet, Alec, Constitutional Courts (August 21, 2011). OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 233, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1913658 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1913658

Alec Stone Sweet (Contact Author)

HKU ( email )

Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
China

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