Judicial Bricolage -

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Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/04/2026

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 800.0

ISBN : 9781509974030

Résumé :
This book represents a unique contribution to comparative legal studies by presenting the results of an empirical research project on the use of foreign precedents in constitutional interpretation in 31 jurisdictions worldwide. It expands and updates the outcomes presented in the previous successful book The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges, edited by Tania Groppi and Marie-Claire Ponthoreau and published in 2013 as Volume 1 of the series Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law. This new research, covering countries from all the continents, with special attention to some of the emerging jurisdictions of the Global South, confirms that the practice of making explicit use of foreign precedents is still limited both quantitatively and qualitatively. Judicial dialogue only exists in common law jurisdictions and, even there, 'judicial bricolage' is much more common than 'judicial comparativism'. Since the previous edition, this practice has gone hand in hand with new developments in constitutional law, such as the democratic erosion and backsliding, the emergence of populist movements, the increasing role of regional human rights courts, which in many cases overshadowed foreign sources, and the end of a global vision of constitutionalism. Applying a quantitative and a qualitative analysis, with the support of tables and data, the book gives a more complete picture of the practice of citing foreign precedents in this new and challenging era, resulting in essential reading for comparative and constitutional legal scholars....

Biographie:

Tania Groppi is Professor of Public Law at the University of Siena, Italy.
Marie-Claire Ponthoreau is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Bordeaux, France.
Irene Spigno is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the Interamerican Academy of Human Rights, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico.

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Sommaire:

Introduction: Assessing the Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Justices: Ten Years Later
Tania Groppi (University of Siena, Italy), Marie-Claire Ponthoreau (University of Bordeaux, France) and Irene Spigno (Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico)

Part I: The 'Usual Suspects': Engagement with Foreign Precedents in Common Law Courts
1. An Ongoing Engagement: The Australian High Court and Foreign Case Law
Elisa Arcioni (University of Sydney Law School, Australia) and Jeffrey Gordon (University of Sydney, Australia)

2. Turbulent Resistance in the Supreme Court of Canada: An Unexpected Backlash Against the Use of Foreign Precedents in Constitutional Interpretation
Lise Brun (University Laval, Canada)

3. India: Using Foreign Precedents to Understand Her Own Constitutional Identity
Antonin Vergnes (University of Bordeaux, France)

4. The Use of Foreign Precedents in the Irish Supreme Court's Constitutional Case Law: An Update
Cristina Fasone (LUISS University, Italy)

5. The Use of Comparative Law as a Source of Legitimacy for the New Kenyan Judiciary: The Case of the Supreme Court of Kenya
Evelyne Asaala (University of Nairobi, Kenya) and Nicoletta Perlo (University of Burgandy, France)

6. The Use of Foreign Precedents in Malaysian Federal Court: Between Engagement and Restraint
Faridah Jalil (University Kebangsaan Malaysia)

7. The Use of Foreign Constitutional Precedents in Singapore: The Paramountcy of Local Context
Maartje de Visser (Singapore Management University)

8. The Use of Foreign Precedents by the South African Constitutional Court Judges: Has Anything Changed?
Christa Rautenbach (North-West University, South Africa)

Part II: In Between: Limited and Selective Reference to Foreign Precedents Worldwide
A. Rehearsal of Engagement: Recent Developments in Some Reticent Courts

9. Using Foreign Precedents to Meet the European Standards: The Case of the Constitutional Court of Albania
Aurela Anastasi (University of Tirana, Albania)

10. Keep Calm and Carry on Comparing (More) Professionally: The Use of Foreign Precedent by the German Federal Constitutional Court in the 2010s
Stefan Martini (University of Kiel, Germany)

11. The Use of Foreign Precedents in a Hybrid Legal Order: The Case of Liechtenstein
Peter Bu?j?ger (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

12. Flirting with Foreign Precedents at the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Tilen Stajnpihler Bozic (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Samo Bardutzki (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

13. The Escalating Use of Foreign Precedents by Individual Justices in Taiwan's Constitutional Court
Wen-Chen Chang (National Taiwan University) and Shao-Man Lee (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

B. Lost in the Shuffle: The Use of Foreign Precedents in South American Courts
14. The Use of Foreign Precedents by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court: Paving the Way for Democracy with a Broad Comparative Approach
Manuellita Hermes (University of Brazil)

15. Importing Legitimacy, Getting Adjudicative Leeway: The Use of Foreign Precedents by the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal
Cristi?n Villalonga (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) and Johanna Fr?hlich (Pontifi cal Catholic University of Chile)

16. The Limited but Significant Use of Foreign Precedents by the Colombian Constitutional Court
Magdalena Correa Henao (Externado Un...