Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 280 pages)
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
9781107360280
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in constitutional law 10
Content:
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
Content:
Questioning a global age of balancing -- Balancing's beginnings : concepts and interests -- A perfect constitutional order : balancing in German constitutional jurisprudence of the 1950s and 1960s -- A dangerous doctrine : balancing in US constitutional jurisprudence of the 1950s and 1960s -- Two paradigms of balancing
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107044418
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107622487
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bomhoff, Jacco Balancing constitutional rights Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 9781107622487
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107044418
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Grundrecht
;
Rechtstheorie
;
Verfassungsrecht
;
Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatz
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107360280
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