All ebooks in the collection "Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice" - Springer

The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Giacomo Di Federico

The first part of the book reviews the multi-level system of protection currently operating in Europe and its constitutional implications.The Charter is analysed from a legal, political and practical standpoint.The activity of the European Parliament as a fundamental...

Confronting Genocide

Payam Akhavan , René Provost

“Never again” stands as one the central pledges of the international community following the end of the Second World War, upon full realization of the massive scale of the Nazi extermination programme. Genocide stands as an intolerable assault on a sense of common...

Young People's Human Rights and the Politics of Voting Age

Sonja C. Grover

Young People’s Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age explores the broader societal implications of voting age eligibility requirements and the legislative bar against youth voting in North America and in Commonwealth countries (where ‘youth’ is defined as persons...

The Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective

Mortimer Sellers , Tadeusz Tomaszewski

Judicial Review of Legislation

Gerhard Van Der Schyff

Constitutionalism is the permanent quest to control state power, of which the judicial review of legislation is a prime example. Although the judicial review of legislation is increasingly common in modern societies, it is not a finished project. This device still...