International Constitutional Law
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International Constitutional Law (ICL) represents a paradigm
shift away from the General Theory of Law and State (Allgemeine Staatslehre) to research on constitutions in general, thereby transcending state frontiers regarding both regional and international organizations. International Constitutional Law in its role as legal discipline combines aspects of constitutional law, public international law, European law and legal theory.
International Constitutional Law is based on a broader understanding of constitutional law. Constitutional Law in an ICL perspective integrates also fundamental international or European treaties as constitutional law. In federal state also subnational constitutions can be identified. Within this multi-level approach of constitutional law there exists various relations between these constitutions (network of constitution law)
See with regard to comparative constitutional law as part of ICL:
Paradigm
The word paradigm has been used in science to describe distinct concepts. It comes from Greek "παράδειγμα" , "pattern, example, sample" from the verb "παραδείκνυμι" , "exhibit, represent, expose" and that from "παρά" , "beside, beyond" + "δείκνυμι" , "to show, to point out".The original Greek...
shift away from the General Theory of Law and State (Allgemeine Staatslehre) to research on constitutions in general, thereby transcending state frontiers regarding both regional and international organizations. International Constitutional Law in its role as legal discipline combines aspects of constitutional law, public international law, European law and legal theory.
International Constitutional Law is based on a broader understanding of constitutional law. Constitutional Law in an ICL perspective integrates also fundamental international or European treaties as constitutional law. In federal state also subnational constitutions can be identified. Within this multi-level approach of constitutional law there exists various relations between these constitutions (network of constitution law)
Relevant Articles
- Erika de Wet, The International Constitutional Order, International and Comparative Law Quarterly 55 (2006), 53-76.
- Ulrich Haltern, Internationales Verfassungsrecht? Anmerkungen zu einer kopernikanischen Wende, Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 128 (2003), 511-557(in German).
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See with regard to comparative constitutional law as part of ICL: