TY  - BOOK
AU  - Masterman,Roger
AU  - Schütze,Robert
TI  - The Cambridge companion to comparative constitutional law
T2  - Cambridge companions to law
SN  - 9781316618172 (pbk)
U1  - 342 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Comparative studies
KW  - LAW / Comparative
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Comparative methodologies / Ran Hirschl -- Constitutionalism(s) / Robert Schütze -- The United Kingdom Constitution / Mark Elliott -- French constitutional law / Denis Baranger -- U.S. constitutional law / Vicki C. Jackson --  The Constitution of the Republic of India / Anashri Pillay -- The Constitution of China / Qianfan Zhang -- Democracy / Paul Craig -- Separation of powers / Christoph Möllers -- The rule of law / András Sajó --  Human rights law / Conor Gearty -- Federalism / Raffaele Bifulco -- Parliaments / Nicola Lupo -- Governments / Philipp Dann -- Administration / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Courts with constitutional jurisdiction / Cheryl Saunders --  Independent fiscal institutions / Cal Viney and Thomas Poole -- Multi-layered constitutions / Roger Masterman -- International constitutionalism / Jan Klabbers -- European constitutionalism / Kaarlo Tuori -- A new Commonwealth constitutionalism? / Claudia Geiringer -- Constitutional transplants / Gábor Halmai
N2  - "What is the purpose of comparative constitutional law? Comparing constitutions allows us to consider the similarities and differences in forms of government, and the normative philosophies behind constitutional choices. Constitutional comparisons offer "hermeneutic" help: they enable us to see "our" own constitution with different eyes and to locate its structural and normative choices by references to alternatives evident in other constitutional orders"--
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