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03183cam a2200229 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781107011656 (hardback) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
347.035 |
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BRE.C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Brewer Carías, Allan-Randolph. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Constitutional courts as positive legislators : |
| Remainder of title |
a comparative law study / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Allan R. Brewer-Carias. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Cambridge ; |
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New York : |
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Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxviii, 933 p. ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Machine generated contents note: Part I. Constitutional Courts as Positive Legislators in Comparative Law: 1. Judicial review of legislation and the legislator; 2. The role of constitutional courts interfering with the constituent power; 3. Constitutional courts interfering with the legislator regarding existing legislation; 4. Constitutional courts interfering with the legislator regarding legislative omissions; 5. Constitutional courts as legislators on matters of judicial review; Part II. National Reports; Part III. Synthesis Report: Constitutional Courts As Positive Legislators In Comparative Law Preliminary Remarks. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"This book analyzes the role of constitutional courts, conditioned by the principles of progressiveness and of prevalence of human rights, particularly regarding the important rediscovery of the right to equality and non-discrimination"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"In all democratic states, constitutional courts, which are traditionally empowered to invalidate or to annul unconstitutional statutes, have the role of interpreting and applying the Constitution in order to preserve its supremacy and to ensure the prevalence of fundamental rights. In this sense they were traditionally considered "negative legislators," unable to substitute the legislators or to enact legislative provisions that could not be deducted from the Constitution. During the past decade the role of constitutional courts has dramatically changed as their role is no longer limited to declaring the unconstitutionality of statutes or annulling them. Today, constitutional courts condition their decisions with the presumption of constitutionality of statutes, opting to interpret them according to or in harmony with the Constitution in order to preserve them, instead of deciding their annulment or declaring them unconstitutional. More frequently, Constitutional Courts, instead of dealing with existing legislation, assume the role of assistants or auxiliaries to the legislator, creating provisions they deduct from the Constitution when controlling the absence of legislation or legislative omissions. In some cases they act as "positive legislators," issuing temporary or provisional rules to be applied pending the enactment of legislation. This book analyzes this new role of the constitutional courts, conditioned by the principles of progressiveness and of prevalence of human rights, particularly regarding the important rediscovery of the right to equality and non-discrimination"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Constitutional courts. |
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Legislative power. |
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Judicial review. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Comparative law. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
LAW / Comparative |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Book |
