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OverviewThe world appears to be globalising economically, technologically and even, to a halting extent, politically. This process of globalisation raises the possibility of an international legal framework, a possibility which has gained pressing relevance in the wake of the recent global economic crisis. But for any international legal framework to exist, normative agreement between countries, with very different political, economic, cultural and legal traditions, becomes necessary. This work explores the possibility of such a normative agreement through the prism of national constitutional norms. Since 1945, more than a hundred countries have adopted constitutional texts which incorporate, at least in part, a Bill of Rights. These texts reveal significant similarities; the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, for instance, had a marked influence on the drafting of the Bill of Rights for South Africa, New Zealand and Hong Kong as well as the Basic Law of Israel. Similarly, the drafts of Eastern European constitutions reflect significant borrowing from older texts. The essays in this book examine the depth of these similarities; in particular the extent to which textual borrowings point to the development of foundational values in these different national legal systems and the extent of the similarities or differences between these values and the priorities accorded to them. From these national studies the work analyses the rise of constitutionalism since the Second World War, and charts the possibility of a consensus on values which might plausibly underpin an effective and legitimate international legal order. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dennis Davis , Alan Richter , Professor Cheryl SaundersPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Hart Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.896kg ISBN: 9781841138558ISBN 10: 184113855 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 30 July 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction Dennis Davis, Alan Richter and Cheryl Saunders 2. Values in Australian Constitutionalism Cheryl Saunders and Megan Donaldson 3. Global Values and Local Realities: Brazilian Constitutional Law Fábio Carvalho Leite and Florian F Hoffmann 4. Canada Lorraine E Weinrib 5. Constitutions and Values in Three Chinese Societies Albert HY Chen 6. Human Dignity, Individual Rights and Equality: The Core Values of the Finnish Constitutional Act Martta October and Riikka Salonen 7. Constitutional and Legal Framework for Rights Protection in France Michel Troper 8. Values in German Constitutional Law Dieter Grimm 9. Crafting Constitutional Values: An Examination of the Supreme Court of India Menaka Guruswamy 10. Values in Iranian Constitutional Law Nazila Ghanea 11. Global Values and Local Realities: The Case of Israeli Constitutional Law Aeyal M Gross 12. Japan Yasuo Hasebe 13. Values in the South African Constitution Catherine Albertyn 14. Values in the UK Constitution Jeffrey Jowell and Colm O’Cinneide 15. Global Constitutional Values in the United States Ruti Teitel 16. Global Values in the Venezuelan Constitution: Some Prioritisations and Several Incongruences Allan R Brewer-Carías 17. Conclusion Dennis Davis, Alan Richter and Cheryl SaundersReviewsAuthor InformationDennis Davis is a Judge of the High Court of South Africa and Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court. Alan Richter is Founder and President of QED Consulting in New York. He advises on values, culture, leadership and change. Cheryl Saunders is a Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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