Balancing Constitutional Rights

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-04441-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bomhoff, Jacco

Bomhoff, J.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Questioning a 'global age of balancing'; 2. Balancing's beginnings: concepts and interests; 3. 'A perfect constitutional order'; 4. 'A dangerous doctrine'; 5. Two paradigms of balancing; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Bomhoff, Jacco
Jacco Bomhoff is Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.