Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199226474 ISBN 13: 9780199226474

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Synopsis

This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts. The study compares the interpretive methods that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods, looking to the different social, historical, institutional and political circumstances.

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About the Author

Jeffrey Goldsworthy holds a Personal Chair at Monash University. His major interests are legal philosophy, and constitutional law, theory, and history. He has numerous publications in these fields, and is best known for his book "The Sovereignty of Parliament, History and Philosophy" (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1999), and many journal articles on constitutional interpretation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199226474
• ISBN 13: 9780199226474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Goldsworthy Jeffrey