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The Birth of Judicial Politics in France: The Constitutional Council in Comparative Perspective

The Birth of Judicial Politics in France: The Constitutional Council in Comparative Perspective

Stone Sweet, Alec

Hardcover

General LawGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0195070348
ISBN13: 9780195070347
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 16 1992
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.57
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.38
Language: English
The French Constitutional Council, a quasi-judicial body created at the dawn of the Fifth Republic, functioned in relative obscurity for almost two decades until its emergence in the 1980s as a pivotal actor in the French policymaking process. Alec Stone focuses on how this once docile institution, through its practice of constitutional review, has become a meaningfully autonomous actor in the French political system. After examining the formal prohibition against judicial review in France, Stone illustrates how politicians and the Council have collaborated over the course of the last decade, often unintentionally and in the service of contradictory agendas, to significantly enhance Council's power. While the Council came to function as a third house of Parliament, the legislative work of the government and Parliament was meaningfully juridicized. Through a discussion of broad theoretical issues, Stone then expands the scope of his analysis to the politics of constitutional review in Germany, Spain, and Austria.

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