Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation – Comparative Perspectives

Matthias Klatt is Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Graz, Austria.

1. The Legitimacy of Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation, Matthias Klatt (University of Graz, Austria)

Part 1: Europe
2. Austria: Embracing Tradition: Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation’s Edge in Reconciling Statutory and Constitutional Law, Christoph Bezemek (University of Graz, Austria) and Daniel Gosch (University of Graz, Austria)
3. Czech Republic: Insights from the Constitutional Court’s Post-Transition Practice of Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation, Pavel Ondrejek (Charles University, Czech Republic)
4. France: The Dynamics of ‘Interpretative Reservations’ in the Jurisprudence of the French Constitutional Council, Mathieu Carpentier (Universit é Toulouse 1 Capitole, France)
5. Hungary: Conflicts Over Competence, Eszter Bodnár (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
6. Italy: Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation and Judicial Dialogue, Chiara Valentini (University of Bologna, Italy)
7. Poland: Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation in Times of Constitutional Crisis, Mikolaj Barczentewicz (University of Surrey, UK) and Marcin Matczak (University of Warsaw, Poland)
8. Portugal: The Conundrum of Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation, Gonçalo de Almeida Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal)
9. Spain: Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation and Interpretative Judgements in the Spanish Constitutional Court, Isabel Lifante-Vidal (University of Alicante, Spain)
10. United Kingdom: In the Shadow of Parliamentary Sovereignty: The Human Rights Act and the Principle of Legality, Nick Friedman (University of Cambridge, UK)

Part II: The Americas
11. Brazil: From Restraint to Preemption? Diego W Arguelhes (Insper Institute for Education and Research, Brazil) and Rafael B De Lima (Insper Institute for Education and Research, Brazil)
12. Canada: Legal Coherence versus Legal Certainty, Paul Daly (University of Ottawa, Canada)
13. United States: Constitutional Avoidance as Constitutional Conformation, Frederick Schauer (University of Virginia, USA)

Part III: Asia
14. India: The Ultimate Interpreter: Democracy and Constitutionality in the Indian Supreme Court, Raeesa Vakil (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
15. Indonesia: ‘Conditional’ Decisions in the Constitutional Court, Simon Butt (University of Sydney, Australia)
16. Taiwan: Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation and Judicial Sleight of Hand, Chien-Chih Lin (Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Part IV: Africa
17. South Africa: The Siren Call of Constitutionally Compliant Interpretation: Statutory Validity at the Expense of Constitutional Values, Richard Stacey (University of Toronto, Canada)

Part V: Oceania
18. Australia: Techniques of Developing Legislation and the Common Law to Align with Constitutional Legal Norms, Lael K Weis (University of Melbourne, Australia)
19. Aotearoa New Zealand: Legislators’ Understanding as a Constraint on Interpretive Presumptions, Hanna Wilberg (University of Auckland, New Zealand)