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The Birth of Judicial Politics in France: The Constitutional Council in Comparative Perspective Hardcover - 1992

by Alec Stone Sweet


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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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The French Constitutional Council, a quasi-judicial body created at the dawn of the Fifth Republic, functioned in relative obscurity for almost two decades before emerging 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 an important 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, often unintentionally and in the service of contradictory agendas, to enhance the Council's power significantly in the last decade. While the Council came to function as a third house of Parliament, the legislative work of the government and Parliament was "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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  • Title The Birth of Judicial Politics in France: The Constitutional Council in Comparative Perspective
  • Author Alec Stone Sweet
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition. F
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
  • Date 1992-07-16
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780195070347 / 0195070348
  • Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 6.4 x 1.03 in (23.83 x 16.26 x 2.62 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects France, Judicial review - France
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91029245
  • Dewey Decimal Code 347.440
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