englischThis interdisciplinary study portrays the Constitutional Court of Turkey, which has asserted itself for 60 years in a political system marked by repeated episodes of authoritarianism. The book reconstructs the incomplete institutionalisation of the court as well as essential dogmatic lines [...]

englischWhat do we mean when we talk about human rights? This is the question at the core of an ongoing philosophical debate between advocates of naturalistic and political theories on human rights. Discussing both strengths and weaknesses of these positions, the author proposes an alternative [...]

englischHow do constitutional courts decide and how do institutional factors affect decision-making processes and their outcomes? This book answers these questions—in a way that is relevant for law and politics—in two steps. In the first place, it develops possible theoretical models of [...]

englischIf a context changes, the range of possible perceptions, interpretations and possible courses of action related to it also changes. This volume takes this central finding as its starting point in order to place the concept of context in a broader theoretical framework and shows how political [...]

englischShould judges be bound to the original meaning of a legal provision or should they have the scope to develop new laws when deciding on cases in constitutional law? This contrast characterises the debate on originalism and the living constitution in the US. This study reconstructs the [...]

englischPolitical consultants, spin doctors, active co-designers? What roles do lawyers play in the political process? Located at the point where law and politics converge, lawyers are involved in preparing legal norms and offer legal expertise to governmental and parliamentary players. However, [...]

englischActing as their key means of regulation, the law serves those in politics as both a point of reference and justification of their actions. At the same time, it is also one of the tools with which they like to achieve their aims. The law thus has two sides to it: it is constitutive for those [...]

englischThe author analyzes the role the U.S. Supreme Court envisions for different branches in the area of foreign relations law. An in-depth analysis of its case law leads to the conclusion that the Court has de facto played an important role in the growth of presidential power. The current [...]

englischWhat was the impact of ten years of EU accession process on the freedom of expression’s normative and empirical development in Turkey? Starting from this question and the theoretical framework of political constitutionalism this interdisciplinary study aimed to find an explanation for [...]

englischThis book examines constitutional conflicts between politics and law in the post-socialist transition states of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. These conflicts are analyzed using the examples of Bulgaria and Romania after 1989. In these countries constitutional conflicts have especially [...]