Chapter, Lesson, Part Introduction.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 1: The Role of Non-Judicial Actors in Upholding the Constitution.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 2: The Rise of Constitutional Adjudication.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 3: Purposes of Constitutional Adjudication and Access to Constitutional Courts.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 4: The Constitutional Bench.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 5: Identifying the Sources of Standards for Constitutional Review.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 6: Testing and Remedying Unconstitutionality.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 7: Interplay between Constitutional Courts and Other Actors.

Cover, Title,Constitutional review in Europe : a comparative analysis--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Acknowledgements--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Table of Cases--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Table of European Treaties and European Legal Instruments--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Table of Statutes--References, Appendix, Index,Bibliography--References, Appendix, Index,Index.

[Auto Generated] Introduction In Marbury v Madison ,one of the most famous decisions handed down by the United States Supreme Court ,Chief Justice Marshall characterised the US constitution as the ‘fundamental and paramount law of the nation ’.1 Today ,his description is accepted as a truism ,not just in the United States but also in the European legal tradition .2 Constitutions are considered the supreme ‘law of the land ’because they enable government ,set out its powers ,duties and responsibilities and provide for limitations ,typically in the form of a catalogue of individual rights .Further ,constitutions have symbolic or political value .They can be seen as ‘bearers of particular conceptions of national identity ’.3 ‘A constitution is a nation ’s autobiography ...