Rule of Law, Human Rights and Judicial Control of Power : Some Reflections from National and International Law /

Judicial control of public power ensures a guarantee of the rule of law. This book addresses the scope and limits of judicial control at the national level, i.e. the control of public authorities, and at the supranational level, i.e. the control of States. It explores the risk of judicial review lea...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Arnold, Rainer; Martínez Estay, José Ignacio
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 61
Subjects:
Law
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55186-9
Summary: Judicial control of public power ensures a guarantee of the rule of law. This book addresses the scope and limits of judicial control at the national level, i.e. the control of public authorities, and at the supranational level, i.e. the control of States. It explores the risk of judicial review leading to judicial activism that can threaten the principle of the separation of powers or the legitimate exercise of state powers. It analyzes how national and supranational legal systems have embodied certain mechanisms, such as the principles of reasonableness, proportionality, deference and marg
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(XI,328pages).
ISBN: 9783319551869
Index Number: K7000
CLC: D997
Contents: Part I: Rule of Law and Judicial Control of Power -- Chapter 1. Constitution and Judicial Review: Comparative Analysis -- Chapter 2. On the Jurisdictional Control of Acts of the Goverment of Romania -- Chapter 3. Judicial Control of Public Power in Poland -- Chapter 4. To Be, or Not to Be, That Is the Question. The Process of Unconstitutionality Like an Abstract Judicial Review at the Peruvian Constitution -- Chapter 5. Judicial Review and Public Power in Kenya: Revisiting Judicial Response to Select Political Cases -- Chapter 6. Direct Participation of the People in Public Power - Advantage