Courts in Federal Countries examines the role high courts play in thirteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Nigeria, Spain, and the United States.
The volume's contributors analyse the centralizing or decentralizing forces at play following a court's ruling on issues such as individual rights, economic affairs, social issues, and other matters.
This volume examines the design and impact of courts in African federal systems from a comparative perspective.
The Judicial Services Office of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts developed this booklet to support the work of the Judicial Conference Committee on International Judicial Relations.
It resulted in a narrow victory for the Conservatives led by Stephen Harper, who became prime minister of another (probably short-lived) minority government. Harper made some inroads in the province of Quebec, which may be indicative of ...
State courts are established by a state, or by a county or city within the state. Although state courts must enforce the federal Constitution and laws, most of the cases they decide involve the constitution and laws of the particular state.
Providing examples of diverse forms of federalism, including new and mature, developed and developing, parliamentary and presidential, and common-law and civil law, the comparative studies in this volume analyse government in Australia, ...
This documentary collection introduces readers to public debates on federal judicial authority in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Courts and Federalism examines recent developments in the judicial review of federalism in the United States, Australia, and Canada.
Volume of the United States Reports containing the final decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court justices regarding cases between June 2, 2009 and September 30, 2010....