Constitutional Courts in Comparison

Ralf Rogowski is Director of the Law and Sociology Programme and Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Warwick. His recent books include The Shape of the New Europe (co-authored 2004), Die Wirkung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (Co-authored with T. Gawron 2007), Reflexive Labour Law in the World Society (2013), and The Sustainability of the European Social Model (Co-edited 2015).

• Foreword (second edition)Ralf Rogowski and Thomas GawronForeword (first edition)Mark TushnetList of IllustrationsList of TablesChapter 1. Constitutional Litigation as Dispute Processing - Comparing the U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional CourtRalf Rogowski and Thomas GawronPART I: ACCESS AND CASE SELECTIONChapter 2. Constitutional Litigation in the United StatesRobert A. Kagan and Gregory ElinsonChapter 3. Access to the German Federal Constitutional CourtWerner HeunChapter 4. Mobilization of the German Federal Constitutional CourtErhard BlankenburgPART II: DECISION MAKINGChapter 5. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Strategic Decision Making ProcessTimothy Johnson and Maron SorensonChapter 6. Decision making at the German Federal Constitutional CourtUwe KranenpohlChapter 7. Junior Varsity Judges? Law Clerks in the Decisional Process of the U.S. Supreme CourtArtemus WardChapter 8. The Legal Assistants at the German Federal Constitutional Court: A “Black Box” of Research?Otwin MassingPART III: IMPLEMENTATIONChapter 9. The Implementation of U.S. Supreme Court DecisionsLawrence BaumChapter 10. Implementation of German Federal Constitutional Court Decisions - Judicial Orders and the Federal LegislatureThomas Gawron and Ralf RogowskiPART IV: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVESChapter 11. The U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court - Selection, Nomination and Election of JusticesKlaus StüweChapter 12. The Impact of the German Federal Constitutional Court on Consolidation and Quality of DemocracySascha KneipChapter 13. Constitutional Courts in Changing Political SystemsHans J. LietzmannList of ContributorsIndex

Praise for the first edition:“…reveals numerous and fruitful points of contact between American and German constitutional law on the one hand, and the emerging case-law under the HRA on the other… provides vital background information concerning the underlying structures and institutions of both systems.” · European Public Law“The essays offer valuable models for assessing the direction of comparative constitutional law… With well-presented illustrative tables, this book is an excellent contribution to the field. Recommended.” · Choice“Taken together, the essays provide a dispute-processing framework as a model for systematic inquiry.” · Cambridge Scientific Abstracts