This insightful Handbook argues that constitutional interpretation has two core elements: constitutional text and constitutional context. Through a combination of thematic chapters and country-specific case studies, the Handbook analyses commitments found in preambles, epilogues, and other constitutional elements, as well as the overall constitutional structure.
Constitutional Interpretation features contributions from a global team of experts, who discuss mission-driven constitutions through topics such as plurinationalism, transitional contexts, social transformation, post-authoritarianism, and defensive anti-authoritarianism. A variety of global case studies to support claims about the phenomenology of constitutional interpretation that are not tied to any specific country, while acknowledging that constitutional interpretation varies significantly across legal and political contexts.
This comprehensive Handbook is a valuable resource for students and scholars of comparative and constitutional law. Its broad scope will also appeal to those seeking a new perspective on regional human rights law.
Recenzijas
Legal work all comes down to interpretation. This impressive volume draws together a global body of comparative work, including from a strong bench of the worlds most respected apex judges, to offer an unparalleled guide to this most central of a courts tasks in our challenging times. -- Michaela Hailbronner, University of Münster, Germany
Contents
1 Constitutional interpretation in the Third Wave: the importance of text and
context 1
Sujit Choudhry, Catherine ORegan and Carlos Bernal
2 Text, history, and precedent 43
Jamal Greene and Yvonne Tew
3 The living constitution in collaborative context 59
Aileen Kavanagh
4 Purposive/teleological interpretation 83
Christoph Möllers
5 Judicial usages of preambles in constitutional interpretation: from
rhetorical flourish to meta-constitutional law 99
Jaclyn L Neo and Diego Werneck Arguelhes
6 Directive principles 119
Lael K Weis
7 Interpreting unconstitutional constitutional amendments 145
Rehan Abeyratne and Yaniv Roznai
8 Interpreting constitutions and statutes: convergence more than
specificity,
whether in common law or civil law 169
Stéphane Beaulac
9 The role of legal professional culture in constitutional interpretation
191
Theunis Roux
10 Federalism 207
Karl Kössler
11 Aversive constitutionalism 227
Tarunabh Khaitan
12 Constitutionalism and peacemaking: comparative perspectives 249
Ruti Teitel
13 Social transformation 269
Gautam Bhatia
14 Popular constitutionalism 289
Sergio Verdugo
15 Defensive constitutional interpretation under authoritarianism 309
Tom Gerald Daly
16 The role of comparative materials in constitutional interpretation 335
Cheryl Saunders
17 The role of the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights on
constitutional interpretation in Africa 355
Adem K Abebe and Charles Manga Fombad
18 The American Convention on Human Rights in Latin American domestic courts
375
Jorge Contesse
19 Constitutional interpretation in European countries and the influence of
the
European Convention on Human Rights and the European Union 393
Colm OCinneide
20 Constitutional interpretation and international human rights law 415
Dire Tladi and James Fowkes
21 International humanitarian law and international criminal law in
constitutional interpretation 439
Hannah Woolaver
22 International refugee law and constitutional interpretation 459
Daniel Ghezelbash
23 International economic law in constitutional interpretation 485
David Schneiderman
24 Constitutional interpretation in Australia 503
James Edelman
25 Constitutional interpretation in Brazil 509
Luķs Roberto Barroso
26 Constitutional interpretation in Canada: watering living trees and
Canadian values 515
Rosalie Silberman Abella
27 Constitutional interpretation in Colombia 523
Carlos Bernal
28 Constitutional interpretation: the German Federal Constitutional Court
531
Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff
29 Constitutional interpretation in India 543
Dhananjaya Chandrachud
30 The 2010 Constitution of Kenya and its interpretation: a personal footnote
549
Willy Mutunga
31 Poland 561
Lech Garlicki
32 Constitutional interpretation in South Africa 569
Catherine ORegan
33 Constitutional interpretation: the UK experience 575
Brenda Hale
34 Constitutional interpretation in the United States 581
Nancy Gertner
Edited by Sujit Choudhry, Dean and I. Michael Heyman Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Law School, USA, Catherine ORegan, Faculty of Law and Director, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, UK and Carlos Bernal-Pulido, Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
