Dissenting Opinions in Constitutional Courts

Constitutional Courts in East Asia: Understanding Variation

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Constitutional Courts in New Democracies: Understanding Variation in East Asia

The article shows how judicial review has expanded around the globe from the United States, Western Europe, and Japan to become a regular feature of constitutional design in Africa and Asia. Although the formal power to exercise judicial review is now nearly universal in democratic states, courts have varied in the extent to which they are willing to exercise this power in practice. After decad...

The Fall and Rise of Specialized Federal Constitutional Courts

Most constitutional challenges in federal court to federal statutes are litigated in the familiar pattern of a decision by a single U.S. District Judge, followed by an appeal to a three-judge panel of one of the U.S. Court of Appeals, followed by the filing of a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, which has discretion to grant or deny the writ. Sometimes, however, Congress requires a ...

Courts-martial Jurisdiction and Civilian Dependents: Constitutional Restrictions

Democracy: Its Meaning and Dissenting Opinions of the Political Class in Nigeria: A Philosophical Approach

The nascent democracy in Nigeria is plagued with myriad of intrigues, discordant opinions of the political class. The reason is not farfetched. Every political party sees its manifesto and plans of action as the best for the citizenry. They elbow each other in the process of garnering political recognition and vibrancy. Their unhealthy rivalry only heat up the polity. How be it some Nigerians s...