Atypical Rulings of the Indonesian Constitutional Court

The Warren Court : Constitutional Decision

The appointment in 1953 of Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States marked the beginning of a new era in the development of constitutional law. In the ensuing years changes of vast dimension and historic impact have taken place. Few men are better qualified to assess the significance of the decisions of the Warren Court than Archibald Cox, student of law, teacher of law and, from 1961 ...

Impact of court rulings on health care coverage: the case of HIV/AIDS in Colombia.

This article addresses an emerging issue in health care systems: the impact of judicial rulings on public policy regarding financing and delivery of health care services, and the attendant tensions, contradictions and questions. In Colombia, HIV/AIDS patients' use of a legal instrument called tutela, or writ of protection, has produced abundant jurisprudence and prompted health authorities to r...

The Limits of Judicial Independence: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Rulings, 1987-2000

Convergence of the Protection of Fundamental Rights Between the Spanish Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights

To make ECtHR rulings prevail over final Spanish judgments is a matter for the legislator, not for an extreme or exaggerated interpretation of a law that has not been promulgated for that purpose. Within the context of the doctrine introduced by the Administrative Bench of the TS, the current or subsisting character of the violation of the fundamental right turns out to be a key issue. However,...

The constitutional miracle on the Rhine: Towards a history of West German constitutionalism and the Federal Constitutional Court

Justin Collings. Democracy’s Guardians: A History of the German Federal Constitutional Court, 1951–2001. Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xli, 331. £65. ISBN: 9780198753377. Michaela Hailbronner. Traditions and Transformations: The Rise of German Constitutionalism. Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xi, 211. £60. ISBN: 9780198735427. Falk Jaeger (ed.). Transparenz und Würde: Das Bundesverfass...