Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes - Forms, Functions, Applications

List of contents

Introduction: The Space Between Ordinary and Constitutional Law Part I: Forms Part I Introduction: The Comparative Examination of (Quasi-)Constitutional Statutes—An Unstable Discourse 1. The Rise and Recognition of Constitutional Statutes 2. How to Identify Quasi-Constitutional Legislation? An Example from Chile 3. Exploring Constitutional Statutes in Common Law Systems Part II: Functions Part II Introduction: Unearthing the ‘Constitutional’ in Quasi-Constitutionality 4. Quasi-Constitutionality and the Treaty of Waitangi: Historicity and the Political 5. Quasi-Constitutionality in Canada and the Weak-Form Model of Constitutionalism and Judicial Review 6. Quasi-Constitutional Amendments 7. Reflecting and Building Asymmetries: The Role of (Sub-)Constitutional Statutes in Spain and the UK 8. Towards a Quasi-Constitutional Law of Armed Conflict Detention Part III: Applications Part III Introduction: Around the World 9. Constitutionally Obligatory Legislation: A Case Study in Legal Constitutionalism 10. Quasi-Constitutionalism and Informal Legislative Entrenchment: The Case of the Affordable Care Act 11. Quasi-Entrenched Living Statutes: Creating a Multicultural Rights Regime 12. The Quasi-Constitutionality of Non-Statutory Law: Executive Constitutional Interpretation in Japanese Law

About the author

Richard Albert is the William Stamps Farish Professor of Law at The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Joel Colón-Ríos is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Summary

This book examines the interstices among statutory enactment, constitutional convention and formal constitution in which quasi-constitutionality exists.

Product details

• Authors: Richard (The University of Texas At Austin Albert, Richard Colon-Rios Albert
• Assisted by: Richard Albert (Editor), Albert Richard (Editor), Joel Colón-Ríos (Editor), Joel I. Colón-Ríos (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367660789
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66078-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Comparative Constitutional Change
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Law / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal, LAW / Courts, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Judicial Power, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law