Courts in Federal Countries

Federalists or Unitarists?

John Kincaid editor Nicholas Theodore Aroney editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Published:4th Aug '17

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Courts are key players in the dynamics of federal countries since their rulings have a direct impact on the ability of governments to centralize and decentralize power. Courts in Federal Countries examines the role high courts play in thirteen countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Nigeria, Spain, and the United States.

The volume’s contributors analyse the centralizing or decentralizing forces at play following a court’s ruling on issues such as individual rights, economic affairs, social issues, and other matters. The thirteen substantive chapters have been written to facilitate comparability between the countries. Each chapter outlines a country’s federal system, explains the constitutional and institutional status of the court system, and discusses the high court’s jurisprudence in light of these features. Courts in Federal Countries offers insightful explanations of judicial behaviour in the world’s leading federations.

"Courts in Federal Countries does something differently than other books on the topic of federal systems of government…Some works may compare one or two countries. This work looks at 13 countries."

-- Daniel Perlin, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University * Canadian Law Library Review, vol 44 no

ISBN: 9781487522896

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm

Weight: 820g

600 pages