Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Highest courts and the internationalisation of law: challenges and changes M. A. Loth and A. S. Muller
Chapter 2. Supreme Courts in an internationalised world J. P. H. Donner; Part I. The Quest for Coherency
Chapter 3. Supreme Courts in an internationalised world: challenges for the Trias Politica and the coherency of law?
Chapter 4. The Dutch constitution and the subordination of national legislation in conflict with provisions of international treaties
Chapter 5. The primacy of community law over national constitutions: the case of France
Chapter 6. On middle ground - European Community law and public international law
Part II. Legitimacy and the Trias Politica: The Shift to Courts
Chapter 7. Internationalisation and legitimacy of decisions by the highest courts
Chapter 8. The constitutional court of Slovenia and its role as an intermediary between national and international law
Chapter 9. The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the position of the national judge
Chapter 10. Domestic courts and international courts: an illustration and a conclusion
Chapter 11. Modern challenges for the judiciary and the role of Supreme Courts
Part III. Judicial Dialogue: The Relation between the Coherency of Law and Judicial Interaction
Chapter 12. Globalisation of the judiciary: ways of interaction
Chapter 13. New methods for the international coherency of law
Part IV. Case Studies:
Chapter 14. The role of the Israeli Supreme Court in the fight against terrorism
Chapter 15. Confronting comparative methods: approaches to using extra-systemic parameters by the Canadian Supreme Court and the South African Constitutional Court
Part V. Concluding Observations: The Changing Role of Highest Courts: Concluding observations
Bibliography
Index