Judicial Review and Electoral Law in a Global Perspective

Cristina Fasone is Assistant Professor of Comparative Public Law at LUISS University Rome, Italy.Edmondo Mostacci is Assistant Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Genoa, Italy. Graziella Romeo is Associate Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at Bocconi University Milan, Italy.

• ForewordRichard H Pildes (New York University, USA)1. IntroductionCristina Fasone (LUISS University, Italy), Edmondo Mostacci (University of Genova, Italy) and Graziella Romeo (Bocconi University, Italy)Part I – Theoretical and Methodological Issues2. Democracy and ElectionsPasquale Pasquino (New York University, USA)3. The Moral Wrong in Partisan Gerrymandering - A ReviewEmmanuel Voyakis (London School of Economics, UK)Part II – The European Context4. Electoral Challenges and the Doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty Bob Watt (University of Oxford, UK)5. Judicial Review of Representative Democracy: The French Demographic PerspectiveEleonora Bottini (Université de Caen Normandie, France)6. Proportional Representation and Electoral Equality in Germany Constitutional Thinking and Case LawGiacomo Delledonne (Sant’Anna University, Italy) and Bastian Michel (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)7. The Italian Constitutional Court and Electoral Law: After the Landmark Judgments no 1 of 2024 and no 35 of 2017Paolo Passaglia (University of Pisa, Italy)8. Electoral Legislation in the Visegrád Countries. A Limited Judicial Activism in a Constitution-Making Dominated SubjectJan Sawicki (Catholic University, Milan, Italy) 9. The Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights on Electoral Matters: Towards a Minimal Procedural Conception of Representative Democracy? Robert Bray (European Law Institute, Austria) and Cristina Fasone (LUISS University, Italy)Part III – Beyond Europe10. Judicial Review and Presidential Elections in AfricaBerihun Adugna Gebeye (University College London, UK)11. Electoral Constitutional Justice as the Tool to Protect Mexican DemocracyIrene Spigno (Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico) 12. Electoral Justice and the Supreme Federal Court in Brazilian DemocracyLucas Henrique Muniz da Conceição (Bocconi University, Italy)13. Election Law, Judicial Review, and Canadian DemocracySarah Burton (University of Ottowa, Canada) and Michael Pal (University of Ottowa, Canada)14. Challenging Political Equality in Electoral Legislation: The Case of the US Supreme CourtGraziella Romeo (Bocconi University, Italy) and Davide Zecca (University of Milan, Italy)15. Judicial Review, Electoral Laws and Democracy in IndiaRekha Diwakar (University of Sussex, UK)16. The Japanese Supreme Court and the Equality of the Vote: A Careful ActivismElisa Bertolini (Bocconi University, Italy)17. Judicial Review and Elections in AustraliaJulian R Murphy (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Erika Arban (University of Melbourne, Australia)18. Electoral Law, Courts, and Constitutional Law: A Complex RelationshipEdmondo Mostacci (University of Genova, Italy), Graziella Romeo (Bocconi University, Italy) and Cristina Fasone (LUISS University, Italy)