Constitutional Courts as Positive Legislators: A Comparative Law Study - Softcover

Allan R. Brewer-Carķas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107613086 ISBN 13: 9781107613089

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Analyzes the role of constitutional courts, conditioned by the principles of progressiveness and of prevalence of human rights.

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About the Author

Allan R. Brewer-Carias has been Professor at the Central University of Venezuela since 1963. He also has been Simón Bolķvar Professor at the Law Faculty of Cambridge University (1985–6), where he was a Fellow of Trinity College; at the University of Paris II (1990); and at Columbia University, where he has been Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor of Law (2002–4 and 2006–7). He is a titular member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, where he served as Vice President (1982–2010) and of the Venezuelan National Academy of Political and Social Sciences, where he served as President (1997–9). In Venezuela, he was also President of the Public Administration Commission, Senator for the Federal District, Minister for Decentralization and an elected member of the 1999 National Constituent Assembly.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107613086
• ISBN 13: 9781107613089
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 962