Jud Mathews: 2 books
Proportionality Balancing and Constitutional Governance
A Comparative and Global Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
In this book, Alec Stone Sweet and Jud Mathews focus on the law and politics of rights protection in democracies, and in human rights regimes in Europe, the Americas, and Africa. After introducing the basic features of modern constitutions, with their emphasis on rights and judicial review, the authors...
Extending Rights' Reach
Constitutions, Private Law, and Judicial Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Constitutional rights protect individuals against government overreaching, but that is not all they do. In different ways and to different degrees, constitutional rights also regulate legal relations among private parties in most legal systems. Rights can have not only a vertical effect, within the...