Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany

Informationen zum Autor Georg Vanberg was educated at the College of William and Mary and at the University of Rochester. He has taught at the Florida State University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on comparative constitutional and judicial politics as well as on coalition theory. Among others, his work has appeared in such journals as the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, and Comparative Politics. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the sources and the limits of judicial authority in constitutional courts! focusing on the central role of public support for judicial independence. The book provides an in-depth study of the German Federal Constitutional Court! including statistical analysis of judicial decisions! case studies! and interviews. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The politics of constitutional review; 2. Implementation, public support, and transparency; 3. The Federal Constitutional Court in comparative perspective; 4. Transparency and judicial deference; 5. From the inside looking out: judicial and legislative perceptions; 6. Pushing the limits: party-finance legislation and the Bundesverfassungsgericht; 7. Prudent jurists; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Georg Vanberg, Georg (University of North Carolina Vanberg
• Assisted by: Randall Calvert (Editor), Thrainn Eggertsson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2004
• EAN: 9780521836470
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83647-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions; Political Economy of Instituti; Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law