Constitutional Law and Precedent

Monika Florczak-Wątor is a full professor at the Department of Constitutional Law of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, a director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Constitutional Studies of the Jagiellonian University and director of the Interdisciplinary Program 'Society of the Future' at the Doctoral School in the Social Sciences of the Jagiellonian University, Poland.

• Introduction: On the Methodology of the Research on Case-Based Reasoning in Constitutional Adjudication PART I: Supreme Courts in Common Law SystemChapter 1: United States of AmericaThe Supreme Court of the United States: legitimate law-maker and constitutional interpreterChapter 2: CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada: The Road to Authority, Legitimacy, and IndependenceChapter 3: AustraliaPrecedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the Case-Law of The High Court of AustraliaPART II: Constitutional Courts in Civil Law SystemChapter 4: GermanyThe Role of Precedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the German Federal Constitutional CourtChapter 5: HungaryPrecedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the Case-Law of the Hungarian Constitutional CourtChapter 6: ItalyPrecedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the Adjudications of the Italian Constitutional CourtChapter 7: LatviaPrecedents and Case-Based Reasoning in Constitutional Adjudication: The Republic of LatviaChapter 8: PolandPrecedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the Case-Law of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of PolandChapter 9: RomaniaThe Role of Precedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the Case-Law of the Romanian Constitutional CourtPART III: International Courts in European Law SystemChapter 10: Court of Justice of the European UnionCourt of Justice of the European Union – ‘Stone-by-Stone’ Case-Based ReasoningChapter 11: European Court of Human RightsPrecedent in the System of the European Convention on Human RightsPART IV: Comparative AnalysisChapter 12: ConclusionThe Role of Case-Based Reasoning in Constitutional Adjudication: A Comparative StudyIndex