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Depending on how each country decides to organize his constitutional reviews, it can be attributed to a different organ. In some countries, part of the review can be attribution of a political organ. For instance, In Brazil, the declaration of unconstitutionality in a concrete case by the
85:. The term "constitutional review" is usually characterized as a Civil Law concept, but some of the ideas behind it come from Common Law countries with written constitutions. For instance, the United States was the first country to adopt judicial review based directly on its 95:), even though to this day the functions of the Constitutional Court and of the Court of the Last Resort are separated at neither Federal nor State level in the United States. 39:. It is supposed to be a system of preventing violation of the rights granted by the constitution, assuring its efficacy, their stability and preservation. 246: 139:. The reason for this ban is that constitutional review would put the judiciary in a legislative position, which conflicts with the idea of the 155:
Constitution does explicitly allow the review of laws by treaties that contain provisions binding all members. Consequently, treaties like the
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exist in most countries, represent the supreme norm of the juridical order, and are on the top of the pyramid of norms. Also called
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has ruled that this ban on constitutional review also extents to rulings on the creation of laws, rulings based on the
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There are very specific cases in which the constitutional review differs from
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explicitly forbids courts to rule on the constitutionality of laws passed by
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can be suggested to senate to give to this declaration global effects.
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in practice have taken a constitutional review-like effect.
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The judicial control of constitutionality applies to
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Index

countries
constitutionality
laws
common law
civil law
judicial review
rigid constitutions
formal procedures
constitution
Marbury v. Madison
normative acts
Supreme Federal Court (STF)
Constitution of the Netherlands
parliament
separation of powers
Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands
monist
European Convention on Human Rights
Constitutional review in Germany
Constitutional Review Commission (Tanzania)
Judicial interpretation
Judicial review
List of constitutional courts
Rule of law
Rule According to Higher Law
The Constitutional Review
"Constitutional Review in Global Context"
Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
NYU Law

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