Judicial Cosmopolitanism : The Use of Foreign Law in Contemporary Constitutional Systems

"Judicial Cosmopolitanism: The Use of Foreign Law in Contemporary Constitutional Systems offers a detailed account of the use of foreign law by supreme and constitutional Courts of Europe, America and East Asia. The individual contributions highlight the ways in which the use of foreign law is carried out by the individual courts and the path that led the various Courts to recognize the relevance, for the purpose of the decision, to foreign law. The authors try to highlight reasons and types of the more and more frequent circulation of foreign precedents in the case law of most high courts. At the same time, they show the importance of this practice in the so-called neo constitutionalism"-- Provided by publisher Splendid Isolation Or Open To The World? The Use Of Foreign Law By The Uk Supreme Court / Justin O. Frosini -- The Use Of Foreign Law In Irish Constitutional Adjudication / Oran Doyle And Tom Hickey -- Legal Comparison Within The Case Law Of The Supreme Court Of The United States Of America / Giuseppe Franco Ferrari -- Comparative Law In The Jurisprudence Of The Supreme Court Of Canada / Nino Olivetti Rason And Sara Pennicino -- Developing An Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence Drawing On Judicial Thinking In The Rest Of The Common Law World / A. Cooray -- The Practice Of Comparative Law By The Supreme Courts Of Australia And New Zealand / Maurilio Gobbo -- The Comparative Legal Tool-kit Of The Constitutional Court Of South Africa / Angelo Rinella And Valentina Cardinale -- Comparative Law And The French Constitutional Council / Paolo Passaglia -- .