Courts in federal countries : federalists or unitarists? /
"Courts are key players in the dynamics of federal countries since their rulings have a direct impact on the ability of governments to centralize and decentralize power. Courts in Federal Countries examines the role high courts play in thirteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ge...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Courts are key players in the dynamics of federal countries since their rulings have a direct impact on the ability of governments to centralize and decentralize power. Courts in Federal Countries examines the role high courts play in thirteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Nigeria, Spain, and the United States. The volume's contributors analyse the centralizing or decentralizing forces at play following a court's ruling on issues such as individual rights, economic affairs, social issues, and other matters. The thirteen substantive chapters have been written to facilitate comparability between the countries. Each chapter outlines a country's federal system, explains the constitutional and institutional status of the court system, and discusses the high court's jurisprudence in light of these features. Courts in Federal Countries offers insightful explanations of judicial behaviour in the world's leading federations."-- |
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| Item Description: | "In March 2012, the Forum of Federations, in collaboration with the Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes, Government of Quebec, held an international conference entitled "Courts and judicial systems in Federal countries"...in Montreal".--Pages xi-xii. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource(xiv, 583 pages)) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781487511470 1487511477 9781487514662 1487514662 |