The U.S. Constitution and Comparative Constitutional Law: Texts, Cases, and Materials
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Abroad Voters Case
Constitutional Case No. 173/2005 (2005)Action of Unconstitutionality
Action of Unconstitutionality 18/2004 (2004)Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation v. Nawab Khan Gulab Khan and Others
(1996) SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 548 (Supreme Court of India) (1996)A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
295 U.S. 495 (1935)All Germany Election Case
82 BVerfGE 322 (1990)Amalgamated Society of Engineers v. Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. (Engineer's Case)
(1920) HCA 54, 28 CLR 129 (1920)American Booksellers Association v. HudnutThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
771 F.2d 323 (1985), 475 U.S. 1001 (1986)Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia
1 S.C.R. 143 (1989)Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug v. Union of India
4 SCC 454 (2011)Asahi v. Japan
21 Minshu 5 at p. 1043, 1964 Gyo-Tsu 14 (1967)Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review CommissionThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
430 U.S. 442 (1977)Atomic Weapons Referenda Case I
8 BVerfGE 104 (1959)Attorney-General for Ontario v. Attorney General for Canada (Reference Appeal Case)
(1912) A.C. 571 (1912)Attorney General of Canada (Attorney General) v. Terri-Jean Bedford et al.
2013 SCC 72 (2013)Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth
(1992) 177 CLR 106, (1992) HCA 45 (1992)
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Bradwell v. IllinoisThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 130 (1873)Brandenburg v. OhioThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
395 U.S. 444, 89 S. Ct. 1827, 23 L. Ed. 2D 430 (1969)Brazilian Abortion Case—National Confederation of Health Workers (CNTS) v. President
Claim of Breach of Fundamental Precept no. 54 (2012)Brazilian Association of Distribution Companies v. Brazilian Post
Fundamental Precept Noncompliance Claim No. 46 (2009)Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasting Companies v. National Congress and the President of the Republic
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality no. 4451 (2010)Brown v. Board of Education (Brown I)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
347 U.S. 483, 74 S. Ct. 686, 98 L. Ed. 873 (1954)Buck v. BellThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
143 Va. 310, 130 S.E. 516 (1925), 247 U.S. 200, 47 S.Ct. 584 (1927)
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Capital Punishment
22-1(A) KCCR 36, 2008Hun-Ka23 (2010)Carter v. Canada (Attorney General)
2015 SCC 5 (2015)Case of Gäfgen v. Germany
Application No. 22978/05 (2010)Case of Hämäläinen v. Finland
Eur. Ct. H.R. (GC) App. No. 43835/11 Judgment of July 1, 2014 (2014)Case of Zana v. Turkey
69/1996/688/880 (1997)Catholic Instruction Case
Constitutional Case No. 203/1989Classroom Crucifix Case II
BVerfGE 93, 1 1 BvR 1087/91 (1987)Coleman v. Power
[2004] HCA 39 (2004)Commonwealth v. Bank of New South Wales
(1949) 79 CLR 487, [1949] UKPC 37 (1949)Corfield v. CoryellThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
6 F. Cas. 546 (1825)
Carmichele v. Ministers of Safety and Security and of Justice and Constitutional Development
94 SALR 938 (CC) (South Africa) (2001)
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Dandridge v. WilliamsThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
397 U.S. 471, 90 S. Ct. 1153, 25 L. Ed. 2d 491 (1970)Death Penalty Case
2-3/PUU-V/2007 (2007)Decision on Scientology
Registro Gen. n.116835/97 (1997)Defrenne v. Sabena (No. 2)
(1976) ECR 455 (1976)Democratic Labor Party v. President of the Republic and National Congress
Claim of Breach of Fundamental Precept No. 130 (2009)DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social ServicesThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
489 U.S. 189, 109 S. Ct. 998, 103 L. Ed. 2D 249 (1989)Direct Civil Amparo 6/2008, Concerning Declaration of Jurisdiction
3/2008-Ps (2008)
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East German Disbarment Case
93 BVerfGE 213 (1995)Electoral District II Case
16 BVerfGE 130 (1963)Engel v. VitaleThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
370 U.S. 421, 82 S. Ct. 1261 (1962)Eweida and Others v. United Kingdom
Apps. No. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10, 36516/10 (2013)
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Faith Healing Case
Keishu XVII No. 402 (Criminal) (1963)Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association v. the President of the Republic – Precautionary Measure
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality no. 162-1 (1989)Firing Squad Case
Number 21/PUU-VI/2008 (2008)Fisher v. University of Texas
631 F.3d 213 (2011)Five Percent Electoral Threshold Case
Pl. ÚS 25/96 (Sb.) (1996)Five Percent Electoral Threshold Case, Brazilian Communist Party and Others v. National Congress and the President of the Republic
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality no. 1351 and 1354 (2007)Flag Desecration Case
81 BVerfGE 278 (1990)Flaminio Costa v. E.N.E.L.
1964 E.C.R. 585 (1964)Ford v. Quebec (Attorney General)
[1988] 2 S.C.R. 712 (1988)Foreign Voters Case
83 BVerfGe 37 (1990)Freedom of Association Case
CC Decision No. 71-44 DC of 16 July 1971 (1971)French Nationalization Case
No. 81-132 DC of 16 Jan. 1982 (1982)
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Garaudy v. France
Application No. 65831/01General Prosecutor of the Republic v. National Congress and Governor of Rio de Janeiro v. State Courts and Rio de Janeiro Congress
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality No. 4.277 (2009)Geriatric Nursing Act Case
106 BVerfGE 62 (2002)German Abortion I Opinion
39 BVerfGE 1 (1975) 17German Life Imprisonment Case
45 BVerfGE (1977)Ghaidan v. Godin-Mendoza
(2004) UKHL 30 House of Lords (2004)Glasenapp v. Germany
9 EHRR 25 (1986)Governor of Rio Grande do Sul v. National Congress
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality no. 815 (1996)Gregg v. GeorgiaThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
428 U.S. 153, 96 S. Ct. 2909, 49 L. Ed. 2d 859 (1976)Groundwater Case
58 BVerfGE 300 (1981)
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Hamburg Flood Control Case
24 BVerfGE 367 (1968)Harper v. Canada (Attorney General)
2 S.C.R. 764 (2002)Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission This case brief has an associated case brief video.
132 S. Ct. 694, 565 U.S. 171 (2012)Hutten-Czapska v. Poland
Application No. 35014/97 (2006)
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Immigration Act Case
106 BVerfGE 310 (2002)Irwin Toy Ltd. V. Attorney General Quebec
[1989] 1 S.C.R. 927 (1989)Italian Abortion Case
Constitutional Case No. 27/1975 (1975)Italian Gender Equality Case
Constitutional Case No. 163/1993Italian Healthcare Case
Constitutional Case No. 455/1990 (1990)Italian Obscenity Case
Constitutional Case No. 368/1992 (1992)
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Jewish Center for Religious Education v. The Union
Suspension of Provisionary Order No. 389 (2009)João Antônio Volante v. Federal Council of Brazilian Bar Association and Others
Extraordinary Appeal 603583 (2011)Joint Cases for the Protection of the Political and Electoral Rights of the Citizen
Case No. SUP-JDC-12624/2011 and Others
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Kabushiki Kaisha Sumiyoshi v. Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture (Japanese Drug Store Case)
29 Minshu 572 (1975)Kakunaga v. Sekiguchi
31 Minsh 4 at p. 533 (1977)Kalkar Case I
49 BVerfGE 89 (1978)Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
AIR 1973 SC 1461, INSC 258 (1973)Kokkinakis v. Greece
(Application no. 14307/88) 17 Eur. H.R. Rep. 397, 414 (1994)Kurokawa v. Chiba Prefecture Election Commission
30 Minshu 3 223 (1976)
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Ladd v. Marshall
[1954] 1 WLR 1489 (1954)Laïcité in Education (Islamic Headscarf)
Opinion No. 346.893 of November 27, 1989 (1989)Lautsi v. Italy
Application No. 30814/06Law on Corsica
Decision 2001-454 DC Rec. 70 (2002)Lawrence v. TexasThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
539 U.S. 558 (2003)Leyla Sahin v. Turkey
App. No. 44774/98 (2005)Lisbon Treaty Case
2 BvE 2/08, 2 BvE 5/08, 2 BvR 1010/08, 2 BvR 1022/08, 2 BvR 1259/08, 2 BvR 182/09 (2009)Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)
2 S.C.R. 1120 (2002)Locke v. DaveyThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
540 U.S. 714 (2004)Loving v. VirginiaThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
388 U.S. 1 (1967)
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Maastricht Treaty Case
89 BVerfGE 155 (1995)Madras Bar Association v. Union of India & Anr
Writ Petition (C) No. 1072 of 2013Marbury v. MadisonThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)Maria Terezinha Oriente Rodrigues de Moraes v. President of the Republic
Writ of Mandamus No. 21.193 (1996)Marschall v. Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
Case C-409/95, 1997 E.C.R. I-6363 (ECJ) (1997)McGinty v. Western Australia
186 C.L.R. 140 (1996)M.C. Mehta & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
[1986] INSC 282 (1986)Melbourne v Commonwealth (Melbourne Corporation Case)
(1947) 74 CLR 31 (1947)Mephisto Case
30 BVerfGE 173 (1971)Metzl v. Leininger
57 F.3d 618 (1995)Mexican Abortion Case—Joint Actions of Unconstitutionality
146/2007 and 147/2007 (2007)Mexican Same Sex Marriage Case
Action of Unconstitutionality 2/2010Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries v. Ito
27 Gyosai reishu 1175 (1976)Modderklip East Squatters v. Modderklip Boerdery (Pty) Ltd.
(187/03, 213/03) (2004) ZASCA 47; (2004) 3 All SA 169 (SCA) (2004)Monument Protection Act Case
100 BVerfGE 226 (1999)Multani v. Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys
[2006] 1 S.C.R. 256, 2006 SCC (2006)Municipality of Rio Bravo v. the Governor of Tamaulipas
Constitutional Controversy 19/95 Contr. Const. 19/95 (1996)
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New National Party v. South Africa
1999 (3) SALR 191 (CC) (1999)New York Times Co. v. SullivanThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
376 U.S. 254, 84 S. Ct. 710, 11 L. Ed. 2D 686 (1964)Nocturnal Employment Case
85 BVerfGE 191 (1992)Numerus Clausus I Case
33 BVerfGE 303 (1972)NV Algemene Transport – en Expedite Onderneming van Gend & Loos v. Netherlands Inland Revenue Administration
[1963] E.C.R. 1 (1963)
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Obergefell v. HodgesThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
576 U.S. 644 (2015)On the Case of Radilla Pacheco and Others
Case No. 912, Case No. 2010
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Patricide Case
Hanrei Jiho (No. 697) 3 (1973)People's Union for Civil Liberties & Anr. v. Union of India
10 SCC 1 (2013)Pharmacy Case
7 BVerfGE 377 (1958)President of the Republic of South Africa v. Hugo
1997 (6) BCLR 708 (1997)Printz v. United StatesThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
521 U.S. 898 (1997)Privacy of Communications Case [The Klass Case]
30 BVerfGE 1 (1970)Protection of the Political and Voting Rights of the Citizens
Case No. SUP-JDC-781/2002 (2002)Public Committee Against Torture in Israel v. Government of Israel
H.C.J 769/02 (2005)
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Reference re Provincial Electoral Boundaries
2 S.C.R. 158 (1991)Reference re Remuneration of Judges of the Provincial Court
3 S.C.R. 3 (1997)Reference re Same-Sex Marriage
3 S.C.R. 698, 2004 SCC 79 (2004)Reference re Securities Act
2011 SCC 66, 3 S.C.R. 837 (2011)Region of Sardinia Sovereignty Case
Constitutional Case No. 365/2007Rekvényi v. Hungary
30 EHRR 519 (1999)Representative of the Federal District Legislative Assembly v. Article 334(III)
Penal Code & Article 131bRetail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 580 v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd.
[1986] 2 S.C.R. 573, 33 D.L.R. 4th 174 (1986)R(E) v. Governing Body of JFS
[2009] UKSC 15 (2009)Reynolds v. United StatesThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
98 U.S. (8 Otto.) 145 (1878)Roe v. WadeThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
410 U.S. 113 (1973)Roper v. SimmonsThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
543 U.S. 551 (2005)Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India
3 S.C.R. 530 (1970)R. v. Butler
[1992] 1 S.C.R. 452 (Can.) (1992)R. v. Crown Zellerbach
1 S.C.R. 401 (1988)R v. Herbert
2 S.C.R. 151 (1990)R. v. Keegstra
[1990] 3 S.C.R. 697 (Can.) (1990)R. v. Oakes
[1986] 1 S.C.R. 103 (1986)R. v. Zundel
2 S.C.R. 731 (1992)
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Sakata v. Japan [The Sunakawa Case]
13 Keishu 3225 (1959)San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
411 U.S. 1, 93 S. Ct. 1278, 36 L. Ed. 2d 16 (1973)Scoppola v. Italy
No. 30, 126/05 (2012) ECHR 868 (2012)Shelley v. KraemerThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
334 U.S. 1, 68 S. Ct. 836, 92 L. Ed. 1161 (1948)Siegfried Ellwanger v. Superior Court of Justice
Habeas Corpus 82.424 (2003)Skinner v. OklahomaThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
316 U.S. 535 (1942)Social Christian Party, Democratic Labor Party, Christian Labor Party v. President of the Republic and National Congress
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality no. 3741-2 (2006)Socialist Reich Party [SRP] Case
2 BVerfGE 1 (1952)Soobramoney v. Minister of Health (KwaZulu-Natal)
1998 (1) SA 765 (CC) (1997)Southwest State Case
1 BVerfGE 14 (1951)S.R. Bommai v. Union of India
(1994) 2 S.C.R. 644 (1994)Starrs v. Ruxton
(2000) J.C. 208 (H.J.C.) (Scot.) (1999)State v. Lawrence
(4) SALR 1176 (CC) (1997)Suresh Kamar Koushal and Another v. NAZ Foundation and Others
Civil Appeal No. 10972 of 2013 (2013)
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Tenant's Right of Occupancy Case
89 BVerfGE 1 (1993)Texas v. WhiteThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
7 Wall. 700 (1869)The Boll Case
54 BVerfGE 208 (1980)The Brazilian Socialist Party and the Democratic Labor Party v. National Congress
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality no. 830 (1993)The Commonwealth v. Australian Capital Territory
[2013] HCA 55 (2013)The Concordat Case
6 BVerfGE 309 (1957)The Death Penalty in Japan
Hanreishu II No. 3 191 (Criminal) (1948)The First Television Case (1961)
12 BVerfGE 205 (1961)The Governing Body of Juma Musjid Primary School and Another v. Essay N.O. and Others
2011 (8) BCLR 761 (CC) (2011)The Lūth Case
7 BVerfGE 198 (1958)The “Marijuana March” Cases
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality 4274 and Fundamental Precept Non-Compliance Claim 187 (2009)Three-Percent Threshold Case
Judgment of 26 Fed. 2014, 2 BvE 2/13, 2 BvE 5/13, 2 BvE 6/13, 2 BvE 7/13, 2 BvE 8/13, 2 BvE 12/13, 2 BvR 2220/13, 2 BvR 2221/13, 2 BvR 2238/13 (2014)Trop v. DullesThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
356 U.S. 86 (1958)
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Uniao Brasileira de Compositores UBC v. Arthur Rodrigues Vilarinho
Extraordinary Appeal number 201.819/RJ (2005)United Mizrahi Bank v. Migdal Cooperative Village
49(4) P.D. 221 (1995)United States Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers AFL-CIO
413 U.S. 548, 93 S.Ct. 2880, 37 L.Ed.2d 796 (1973)United States v. Carolene Products Co.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
304 U.S. 144 (1938)
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Virginia v. BlackThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
538 U.S. 343, 123 S. Ct. 1536, 155 L. Ed. 2D 535 (2003)Volkswagen Denationalization Case
12 BVerfGE 354 (1961)Von Hannover v. Germany [No. 1]
59320/00 [2004] ECHR 294 (2004)
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Ward v. James
[1966] 1 QB 273 (1965)Washington v. GlucksbergThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
521 U.S. 702 (1997)West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
319 U.S. 624, 63 S. Ct. 1178 (1943)Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
348 U.S. 483 (1955)Williams v. Rhodes
393 U.S. 23 (1968)Workers Party v. President of the Republic - Preliminary Decision
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality no. 1398-0 (1996)
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Zelman v. Simmons-HarrisThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
536 U.S. 639 (2002)
