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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Goldsworthy holds a Personal Chair at Monash University. His major interests are legal philosophy, and constitutional law, theory, and history. He has numerous publications in these fields, and is best known for his book "The Sovereignty of Parliament, History and Philosophy" (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1999), and many journal articles on constitutional interpretation. Klappentext This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts, compares the interpretive methods and underlying principles that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods and principles. Among the interpretive methods discussed are textualism, purposivism, structuralism and originalism. Each of the six federations is the subject of a separate chapter written by a leading authority in the field: Jeffrey Goldsworthy (Australia), Peter Hogg (Canada), Donald Kommers (Germany), S.P. Sathe (India), Heinz Klug (South Africa), and Mark Tushnet (United States). Each chapter describes not only the interpretive methodology currently used by the courts, but the evolution of that methodology since the constitution was first enacted. The book also includes a concluding chapter which compares these methodologies, and attempts to explain variations by reference to different social, historical, institutional and political circumstances. Zusammenfassung Describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts. This title compares the interpretive methods that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Mark Tushnet: United States: Eclecticism In the Service of Pragmatism 3: Peter Hogg: Canada: From Privy Council to Supreme Court 4: Jeffrey Goldsworthy: Australia: Devotion to Legalism 5: Donald Kommers: Germany: Balancing Rights and Duties 6: S.P. Sathe: India: From Positivism to Structuralism 7: Heinz Klug: South Africa: From Constitutional Promise to Social Transformation 8: Conclusions Index ...
