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Author:   Professor Dr Dieter Grimm (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany) ,  Charles Barzun (University of Virginia USA) ,  Maartje de Visser (Singapore Management University) ,  Matthias Klatt (University of Graz Austria)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
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9781509976898

ISBN 10:   1509976892
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   25 June 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: A Prelude 1. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany: A Survey Part II: Judicial Review and Democracy 2. Constitutional Adjudication in a Democratic System 3. Neither Indispensable Nor Contradictory. Constitutional Adjudication and Democracy Part III: Constitutional Adjudication: Law or Politics? 4. What Exactly is Political about Constitutional Adjudication? 5. Law or Politics? The Kelsen-Schmitt Controversy Over Constitutional Adjudication and the Current Situation Part IV: The Process: Constitutional Interpretation 6. Constitutions, Constitutional Courts and Constitutional Interpretation at the Interface of Law and Politics 7. On the Relationship between Interpretation Theory, Constitutional Adjudication and the Democracy Principle in Kelsen 8. Habermas on Constitutional Jurisprudence 9. Behind the Scenes: The Genesis of the Elfes Judgment 10. Constitutional Jurisprudence and Constitutional Scholarship Part V: Institutional Questions 11. Problems Relating to the System of Specialised Constitutional Courts in Germany 12. On the Relationship between the Federal Constitutional Court and Ordinary Courts Part VI: Europe: Competing Courts 13. The Role of National Constitutional Courts in European Democracy 14. A Long Time Coming Part VII: Opponents 15. New Radical Criticism of Constitutional Adjudication

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Accessible yet rigorous, this volume is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding how constitutional courts operate and why they matter in times of democratic uncertainty. * European Review of Public Law *

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Dieter Grimm is an internationally renowned authority on constitutional law, constitutional theory, constitutional history and constitutional adjudication, Germany.

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