Reconstructing Rights - Courts, Parties, Equality Rights in India, South Africa, United

Reconstructing Rights will appeal to several audiences because of its deliberative-partnership thesis, including public law scholars for its social-scientific approach to the study of legal doctrine; legal scholars because it challenges broadly held commitments to judicial supremacy; and area-specialists for its cross-national investigation of equality rights.

List of contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. The politics of legal interpretation; Part II. United States of America: 2. Equality rights in American education and public spending; 3. Equality rights in American employment; 4. Equality rights in American representation; Part III. India: 5. Equality rights in Indian employment; 6. Equality rights in Indian education; Part IV. South Africa: 7. Equality rights in South Africa; Part V. Conclusion: 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Stephan Stohler is an Assistant Professor at State University of New York, Albany. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of public law and comparative politics, with a particular focus on the politics of constitutional interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Stephan Stohler, Stephan (State University of New York Stohler
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781108493185
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49318-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy; Comparative Constitutional Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Law / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Comparative, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, LAW / Government / General, Political corruption, Comparative Politics, comparative law, Government powers, Corruption in politics, government and society, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Judicial Review, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Local government law