Comparing Constitutions - Softcover

Finer, S. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198763441 ISBN 13: 9780198763444

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

A political scientist and a comparative lawyer have joined forces to produce a revised and expanded version of the late S.E. Finer's classic Five Constitutions. Their book gives the present texts of four important constitutions, the American, German, French, and Russian. It adds the basic political structure of the European Union, and provides a full account of the British constitution in the terms revealed by examination of the other texts. A general chapter on comparing constitutions is complemented by careful analytical and alphabetical indexes.

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Review:

`A very useful book which is competitively priced.'K. Stevenson, North Trent University

`An excellent comparative analysis, at a time when students of public law most need to engage in comparative analyses.'S. Juss, University of Westminster

In the national context ... the book excels ... covers a wide range of topics, from religion, local government, defence and external relations to citizenship, questions of unitarianism and federalism, fusion and separation of powers. (Times Higher Education Supplement)

About the Author:

Bernard Rudden is Professor of Comparative Law and Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0198763441
• ISBN 13: 9780198763444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408