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............................................................................................................................. Description This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts, compares the interpretive methods and underlying principles that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods and principles. Among the interpretive methods discussed are textualism, purposivism, structuralism, and originalism. Each of the six federations is the subject of a separate chapter written by a leading authority in the field: Jeffrey Goldsworthy (Australia), Peter Hogg (Canada), Donald Kommers (Germany), S.P. Sathe (India), Heinx Klug (South Africa), and Mark Tushnet (United States). Hach chapter describes not only the interpretive methodology currently used by the courts, but the evolution of that methodology since the constitution was first enacted. The book also includes a concluding chapter which compares these methodologies, and attempts to explain variations by reference to different social, historical, institutional, and political circumstances. ............................................................................................................................. Contents 1. The United States: Eclecticism in the Service of Pragmatism - Mark Tushnet 2. Canada: From Privy Council to Supreme Court - Peter W.Hogg 3. Australia: Devotion to Legalism - Jeffrey Goldsworthy 4. Germany: Balancing Rights and Duties - Donald P. Kommers 5. India: From Positivism to Structuralism - S.P.Sathe 6. South Africa: From Constitutional Promise to Social Transformation - Heinz Klug 7. Conclusions - Jeffrey Goldsworthy Index ............................................................................................................................. Author Details Jeffrey Goldsworthy is Professor of Law, Monash University. .............................................................................................................................
