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  3. The New Commonwealth Model of Constitutionalism
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
February 2013
Print publication year:
2013
Online ISBN:
9780511920806
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920806
Subjects:
Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law, Comparative Law, Jurisprudence
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law (5)
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Book description

Stephen Gardbaum argues that recent bills of rights in Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia are an experiment in a new third way of organizing basic institutional arrangements in a democracy. This 'new Commonwealth model of constitutionalism' promises both an alternative to the conventional dichotomy of legislative versus judicial supremacy and innovative techniques for protecting rights. As such, it is an intriguing and important development in constitutional design of relevance to drafters of bills of rights everywhere. In developing the theory and exploring the practice of this new model, the book analyses its novelty and normative appeal as a third general model of constitutionalism before presenting individual and comparative assessments of the operational stability, distinctness and success of its different versions in the various jurisdictions. It closes by proposing a set of general and specific reforms aimed at enhancing these practical outcomes.

Reviews

'Stephen Gardbaum's The New Commonwealth Model of Constitutionalism: Theory and Practice is one of the most important books about comparative judicial review and constitutional design published in recent years.'

Ran Hirschl Source: International Journal of Constitutional Law

'[This book] is a must-read in the growing literature on comparative constitutional law and deserves a broad international audience.'

Sujit Choudhry Source: International Journal of Constitutional Law

'[A]n impressive piece of constitutional scholarship, offering a cogent, sophisticated account of the third paradigm.'

Scott Stephenson Source: Modern Law Review

'In this excellent comparative study of rights protection, Stephen Gardbaum argues that a ‘new model of constitutionalism’ has emerged from Commonwealth countries … This is a book that deserves a very wide readership. It is written and structured with beautiful clarity. … [It is] a valuable contribution to the literature and should become a key point of reference from which the theory and practice of rights protection and constitutionalism might continue to be understood.'

Lawrence McNamara Source: International and Comparative Law Quarterly

'[A]n impressive and valuable contribution that pushes the boundaries of the debate … [and] invites scholars to do no less than reassess how they conceive the very function of a bill of rights.'

Janet Hiebert Source: Public Law

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