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A

  • A. and Others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
    [2004] UKHL 56 (2004)
  • Abortion I Case
    39 BVerfGE 1 (1975)
  • Abrams v. United States
    250 U.S. 616 (1919)
  • Academic Center of Law and Business v. Minister of Finance
    2605/05 [19 November 2009] (2009)
  • Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel v. Minister of Religious Affairs and Minister of Finance
    HCJ 1113/99 [April 18, 2000] (2000)
  • Afroyim v. Rusk
    387 U.S. 253 (1967)
  • Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation v. Nawab Khan Gulab Khan and Others
    (1996) SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 548 (Supreme Court of India)
  • Ahmed v. The United Kingdom
    29 EHRR 1 (1998)
  • All Germany Election Case
    82 BVerfGE 322 (1990)
  • Amalgamated Society of Engineers v. Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.
    (1920) 28 C.L.R. 129 (1920)
  • Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia
    1 S.C.R. 143 (1989)
  • Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India Supreme Court of India
    [2008] INSC 612 (10 April 2008)
  • Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v. Commonwealth
    (1992) HCA 45, (1992) 177 CLR 106 (30 Sept. 1992)
  • Aviation Security Act Case
    1 BvR 357/05 (2006)
  • Axel Springer AG v. Germany
    [2012] ECHR 227 (2012)
  • Aydin v. Turkey
    25 EHRR 251 (1997)

B

C

  • Carmichele v. Minister of Safety and Security
    16 August 2001 CCT (no 48/100) (2001)
  • Carter v. Canada
    [2015] 1 SCR 331 (2015)
  • Case Relating to Certain Aspects of the Laws on the Use of Languages in Education in Belgium (The "Belgian Linguistics Case")
    6 Eur. Ct. H.R. (ser. A) (1968)
  • Castells v. Spain
    4 EHRR 445 (1992)
  • Castle Rock v. Gonzales
    545 U.S. 748 (2005)
  • Catalonia 2006 Autonomy Statute Case
    Judgment 31/2010 (June 28, 2010)
  • Census Case
    65 BVerfGE 1 (1983)
  • Certification of the Constitution of the Province of Kwazulu-Natal
    1996 (4) SALR 1098 (CC) (1996)
  • Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
    1996 (4) SALR 744 (CC) (1996)
  • Ceylan v. Turkey
    30 EHRR 73 (2000)
  • Chan Hiang Leng Colin & Ors v. Public Prosecutor
    [1994] 3 S.L.R. 662 (1994)
  • Chapman v. The United Kingdom
    Application no. 27238/95 (GC) (2001)
  • Chen v. Home Secretary
    C-200/02 (19 October 2004)
  • Christian Democracy Party Case
    Decision K. 1/99 (2000)
  • Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
    508 U.S. 520 (1993)
  • Coercion Case I (Mutlangen)
    1 BvR 713/83, 921, 1190/84 and 333, 248, 306, 497/85 BVerfGE 73, 206 (1986)
  • Coleman v. Attridge Law
    C-303/06, 2008 E.C.R. I-5603 (2008)
  • Collin v. Smith
    578 F.2d 1197 (7th Cir. 1978)
  • Competence Dispute Between the President of the Republic and Members of the National Assembly
    29 KCCG 583, 98 HunRa 1, July 15 1998 (1998)
  • Confederation of Ex-Servicemen Associations and Others v. Union of India and Others
    (2007) 2 MLJ 427 (SC) (2007)
  • Constitutionality of the Referendum on the Dismissal of the President of Romania
    DECISION No. 731, RULING no. 3 of 2 (2012)
  • Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service
    [1984] 3 All E.R. 935 (1984)
  • Craig v. Boren
    429 U.S. 190, 97 S.Ct. 451, 50 L.Ed.2d 397 (1976)
  • Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
    497 U.S. 261, 110 S.Ct. 2841 (1990)
  • Cumulation of Pensions and Salaries
    85-200 DC of 16 January 1986 (1986)
  • Curtis v. The Minister of Safety and Security and Others
    1996 (3) SALR 617 (CC)

D

  • Daigle v. Tremblay
    [1989] 2 S.C.R. 530 (1989)
  • Dandridge v. Williams
    397 U.S. 471, 90 S.Ct. 1153, 25 L.Ed.2d 491 (1970)
  • Decision on Scientology
    Registro Gen.n.116835/97 (1997)
  • Delfi AS v. Estonia
    Application no. 64569/09 (GC) (16 June 2015)
  • DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dept. of Social Services
    489 U.S. 189 (1989)
  • Dispute Concerning the Constitutionality of Certain Provisions of the National Education Policy Bill No. 83 of 1995
    1996 (3) SALR 289 (CC) (1996)
  • Dudgeon v. United Kingdom
    4 EHRR 149 (1982)

E

  • Ecclesia de Lange v. The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa
    (726/13) [2014] ZASCA 151 (29 September 2014)
  • Economic Authorization Case [On the Law Authorizing Government to Take Diverse Measures Concerning the Economic and Social Order]
    86-207 DC of 25 (1986)
  • El Dridi v. Italy
    C-61/11 (Apr. 28, 2011)
  • Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith
    494 U.S. 872, 110 S.Ct. 1595, 108 L.Ed.2d 876 (1990)
  • EU Council Directive [Implementing Equal Treatment Regardless of Race or Ethnic Origin]
    2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 (2000)
  • Eweida and Others v. United Kingdom
    Apps. No. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10, 36516/10 (2013)
  • Ex Parte Milligan
    71 U.S. 2 (1866)

F

  • Fag og Arbejde (FOA) v. Kommunernes Landsforening (KL)
    C-354/13, 18 December 2014 (2014)
  • Family Burden Compensation Case
    99 BVerfGE 216 (1998)
  • Family Planning Act Amendment
    Decision Dated 28 May 1997 (K. 26/96) (1997)
  • Feminine Quotas Case
    82-146 DC of 18 November 1982 (1982)
  • Five Percent Electoral Threshold Case
    Pl. ÚS 25/96 (Sb.) (1996)
  • Flag Desecration Case
    81 BVerfGE 278 (1990)
  • Fleming v. Ireland & Ors
    [2013] IESC 19 (2013)
  • Ford v. Quebec (Attorney General)
    1988 2 S.C.R. 712 (1988)
  • Foreign Voters Case
    83 BVerfGe 37 (1990)
  • French Nationalizations Case
    81-132 DC of 16 January 1982 (1982)

G

  • Garaudy v. France
    Application No. 65831/01
  • Gardener v. Whitaker
    1996 (4) SALR 337 (CC) (1996)
  • Gaskin v. United Kingdom
    12 EHRR 36 (1989)
  • German Classroom Crucifix Case II
    93 BVerfGE 1 (1995)
  • Glasenapp v. Germany
    9 EHRR 25 (1986)
  • Glossip v. Gross
    135 S. Ct. 2726 (2015)
  • Gonzales v. Carhart
    550 U.S. 124, 127 S.Ct. 1610, 167 L.Ed.2d 480 (2007)
  • Gonzalez et al. ("Cotton Field") v. Mexico
    Case Nos. 12496, Inter-Am. Ct.H.R. (ser. C) No. 206 (Nov., 16 2009)
  • Goodwin v. United Kingdom
    22 EHRR 123, App. No. 28975/95, 2002-VI Eur. Ct. H.R. (2002)
  • Google Spain, Google v. Costeja
    Judgment of 13 May 2014, C 131/12 (2014)
  • Gorzelik and Others v. Poland
    Application no. 44158/98 (GC) (2004)
  • Griswold v. Connecticut
    381 U.S. 479 (1965)
  • Grutter v. Bollinger
    539 U.S. 306 (2003)

H

I

J

  • Jameel v. Wall Street Journal Europe SPRL
    1 A.C. 359 (2006)
  • Japan v. Yasuko Nakaya [Gokoku (Shinto) Shrine Case]
    42 Minshu 5, 277 (1988)
  • Judgment T-760/08 July 31, 2008
    Second Review Chamber of the Colombian Constitutional Court (2008)
  • Juki-Net Case
    Case No. 403, 2007 (Ju) No. 454—MINSHU VOL. 62, No.3 (2008)

K

L

  • Lambert v. France
    Application no. 46043/14 (2015)
  • Lange v. Atkinson
    2 NZLR 22 (HC), 3 NZLR 424 (CA), 1 NZLR 257 (PC), 3 NZLR 385
  • Lange v. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
    (1997) 189 CLR 520 (1997)
  • Lautsi and Others v. Italy
    Application No. 30814/06
  • Lawless v. Ireland
    1 EHRR 1 (1961)
  • Lawrence v. Texas
    539 U.S. 558 (2003)
  • L.C. v. Peru
    CEDAW C/22/2009 (17 Oct. 2011)
  • Lee Kuan Yew v. Vinocur & Ors
    1996-2 SLR 542 (1996)
  • Levy v. Victoria
    189 C.L.R. 579 (1997)
  • Leyla Sahin v. Turkey
    App. No. 44774/98 (2005)
  • Life Imprisonment Case
    45 BVerfGE 187 (1977)
  • Lingens v. Austria
    8 EHRR 407 (1986)
  • 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)
  • Liversidge v. Anderson
    [1941] 3 All. E.R. 338 (1941)
  • Loving v. Virginia
    388 U.S. 1 (1967)

M

  • Maastricht I Decision
    92-308 DC of 9 April 1992 (1992)
  • Maastricht Treaty Case
    89 BVerfGE 155 (1995)
  • Mahe v. Alberta
    [1990] 1 S.C.R. 342 (1990)
  • Mahmud Sami Muhammad 'Ali Wasil v. The Minister of Education
    Case No. 8 of Judicial Year 17 (May 18, 1996)
  • Marbury v. Madison
    5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803)
  • Marschall v. Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
    1 C.M.L.R. 547, Case C-409/95, 1997 E.C.R. I-6363 (ECJ) (1997)
  • McCulloch v. Maryland
    4 L. Ed. 579, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819)
  • McGinty v. Western Australia
    186 C.L.R. 140 (1996)
  • Mellacher v. Austria
    12 EHRR 391 (1989)
  • Mentzen Case
    Case No. 2001-04-0103
  • Mephisto Case
    30 BVerfGE 173 (1971)
  • Minister of Home Affairs v. Fourie
    2006 (1) SA 524 (2006)
  • Minister of Justice v. Burns
    1 S.C.R. 283, 2001 SCC 7 (2001)
  • Missouri v. Holland
    252 U.S. 416, 40 S.Ct. 382 (1920)
  • Mistretta v. United States
    488 U.S. 361, 109 S.Ct. 647, 102 L.Ed.2d 714 (1989)
  • Mitsubishi Resin, Inc. v. Takano
    27 Minshu 11, 1536 (Sup. Ct., Dec. 12, 1973)
  • MK Marina Solodkin v. Beit Shemesh Municipality
    HCJ 953/01 [2003]
  • Modifications to the Composition and Functioning of the National Broadcasting Council
    No. K 4/06 (2006)
  • Mohammed Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
    1985 AIR 945, 1985 SCR (3) 844 (1985)
  • Morgentaler v. The Queen ("Morgentaler II")
    1 S.C.R. 30 (1988)
  • Morris v. United Kingdom
    App no. 68416/01, 34 EHRR 1253 (2002)
  • Mr Ahmed S. [Revocation of Citizenship]
    Decision no. 2014-439 QPC of 23 January 2015 (2015)
  • Muhammad Nawaz Sharif v. Federation of Pakistan
    P.L.D. 1993 S.C. 473 (1993)
  • Multani v. Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys
    [2006] 1 S.C.R. 256, 2006 SCC (2006)

N

O

  • Obergefell v. Hodges
    135 S. Ct. 1039, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
  • On Constitutional Amendment Adopted by Referendum
    62-20 DC of 6 Nov. 1962 (1962)
  • Opinion on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary
    Opinion 720/2013 (2013)

P

  • Parliamentary Dissolution Case
    62 BVerfGE 1 (1980)
  • Party Finance II Case
    8 BVerfGE 51 (1958)
  • Pennell v. City of San Jose
    485 U.S. 1 (1988)
  • Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon
    260 U.S. 393 (1922)
  • Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney
    442 U.S. 156, 99 S. Ct. 2282, 60 L. Ed. 2d 870 (1979)
  • P. Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v. Council and Commission
    [2008] E.C.R. I-6351 (2008)
  • Planned Parenthood v. Casey
    505 U.S. 833 (1992)
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
    163 U.S. 537 (1896)
  • Portuguese Constitutional Court Ruling No. 187/13
    5 of April of 2013 (2013)
  • Portuguese Constitutional Court Ruling No. 413/14
    Ruling No. 413/14 30 of May of 2014 (2014)
  • Praising and Encouraging Under National Security Act
    2 KCCR 49, 89 Hun-KA113 (1990)
  • Prakash Mani Sharma v. Government of Nepal [Uterus Prolapse Case]
    (SCN, Writ No. 064) Dated 22 Day of the month of Jestha of the Year 2056 (2008-06-04)
  • Presidential Appointments Case
    Decision 36/1992 (VI. 10.) AB hat (1992)
  • President of the Republic of South Africa v. Hugo
    1997 (6) BCLR 708, Case CCT 11/96 Constitutional Court of South Africa (Apr. 18, 1997) available at http://www.constitutionalcourt.org.za (1997)
  • President's Proposition for National Confidence Referendum Case
    15-2(B) KCCR 350 (2003)
  • Princess Soraya Case
    34 BVerfGE 269 (1973)
  • Printz v. United States
    521 U.S. 898 (1997)
  • Privacy of Communications Case [The Klass Case]
    30 BVerfGE 1 (1970)
  • Proposed Amendments to the Naturalization Provision of the Constitution of Costa Rica
    OC-4/84 (1984)
  • Public Committee Against Torture in Israel v. Government of Israel
    H.C.J 769/02 (2005)

R

  • Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York
    336 U.S. 106 (1949)
  • R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota
    505 U.S. 377, 112 S.Ct. 2538, 120 L.Ed.2d 305 (1992)
  • R (Begum) v. Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School
    (2006) UKHL 15
  • Re Amendments of the Code of Social Security and Health
    89-269 DC of 22 January 1990 (1990)
  • Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act
    [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486 (1985)
  • Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) v. Turkey
    App. Nos. 41340/98 et al., 2003-II Eur. Ct. H.R. (2003)
  • Reference re Canada Assistance Plan
    [1991] 2 S.C.R. 525 (1991)
  • Reference re Same-Sex Marriage
    3 S.C.R. 698, 2004 SCC 79 (2004)
  • Reference Re Secession of Quebec
    2 S.C.R. 217, 37 I.L.M. 1340 (1998)
  • Rekényi v. Hungary
    30 EHRR 519 (1999)
  • Removal of the Chief Justice
    Pl. U.S. 18/06 (2006)
  • Rent Control Case
    Pl. U.S. 20/05 (2006)
  • Republic of Ireland v. United Kingdom
    2 Eur. Ct. H.R. (ser. A) at 25 (1978)
  • Re Quebec Objection to a Resolution to Amend the Constitution
    [1982] 2 S.C.R. 793 (1982)
  • Retroactive Criminal Legislation Case
    Decision 11/1992 (Ill. 10.) AB hat (1992)
  • R (E) v. Governing Body of JFS and Others
    [2009] UKSC 15 (2009)
  • Roe v. Wade
    410 U.S. 113 (1973)
  • Romer v. Evans
    517 U.S. 620 (1996)
  • Roper v. Simmons
    543 U.S. 551, 125 S.Ct. 1183, 161 L.Ed.2d 1 (2005)
  • Rufeisen v. Minister of the Interior [Father Daniel Case]
    HC 72/62 PD 16 2428 (1962)
  • Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India
    3 S.C.R. 530 (1970)
  • R. v. Keegstra
    [1990] 3 S.C.R. 697 (Can.) (1990)
  • R. v. Latimer
    [2001] 1 S.C.R. 3 (2001)
  • R v. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ex parte Fedesa
    [1990] ECR 1-4023 (1990)
  • R. v. Oakes
    [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103 (1986)
  • R. v. Van der Peet
    [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507 (1996)

S

  • Salahuddin Dolon v. Government of Bangladesh and Others
    Writ Petition No. 4495 (2009)
  • Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez
    436 U.S. 49, 98 S.Ct. 1670, 56 L.Ed.2d 106 (1978)
  • Santiago v. Commission on Elections
    270 S.C.R.A. 106 (1997)
  • Sarbananda Sonowal v. Union of India
    (2005) 5 S.C.C. 665 (2005)
  • S.A.S v. France
    2014 Eur. Ct. H.R. 695 (2014)
  • Schüth v. Germany
    application no. 1620/03 (2010)
  • Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Application nos. 27996/06 and 34836/06 (2009)
  • Shavit v. The Chevra Kadisha (Burial Society) of Rishon Le Zion
    C.A 6024/97 (1994)
  • Shilubana and Others v. Nwamitwa
    Case CCT 3/07 [2008] ZACC 9 (2008)
  • Shirley McCarthy v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
    Case C-434/09, 2011 E.C.R. I-3375 (2011)
  • Smoking in Closed Areas Case
    Judgment n. 399 of Dec. 11 1996 (1996)
  • Socialist Reich Party [SRP] Case
    2 BVerfGE 1 (1952)
  • Somerset v. Stewart
    98 Eng. Rep. 499 (1771)
  • Soobramoney v. Minister of Health (KwaZulu-Natal)
    1998 (1) South Africa Law Reports 765 (CC) (1997)
  • South Dakota v. Dole
    483 U.S. 203 (1987)
  • Southwest State Case
    1 BVerfGE 14 (1951)
  • S.R. Bommai v. Union of India
    (1994) 2 S.C.R. 644 (1994)
  • State v. Makwanyane
    Case No. CCT/3/94 (1995)
  • Syndicat Northcrest v. Amselem
    2004 SCC 47, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 551 (2004)

T

  • Tariff Council Case
    Decision No. 03-05 (1999)
  • Tax Data Case
    Decision dated 24 April 1997 (K. 21/96) (1997)
  • Teacher's Evaluation Case
    RULING No. 214/11 (29 April 2011)
  • Texas v. Johnson
    491 U.S. 397 (1989)
  • The Act to Reform Retirement Pensions, Constitutional Council of France
    Decision nº 2010-617 DC of November 9th 2010 (2010)
  • The Concordat Case
    6 BVerfGE 309 (1957)
  • The First Television Case (1961)
    12 BVerfGE 205 (1961)
  • The Lüth Case (1958)
    7 BVerfGE 198 (1958)
  • Third Point LLC v. Ruprecht
    2014 WL 1922029 (2014)
  • Thlimmenos v. Greece
    31 EHRR 15 (2001)
  • Toonen v. Australia
    Comm. No. 488/1992, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/50/D/488/1992 (1994)
  • Tornado Case
    117 BVerfGE 359 (2007)
  • Town of Greece v. Galloway
    572 U.S. 565 (2014)
  • Trade Unions' Political Contributions Case
    11-2 KCCR 555, 95 Hun-Ma 154 (1999)
  • Transsexuals Case I
    49 BVerfGE 286 (1978)
  • Treaty of Amsterdam Decision
    97-394 DC of 31 Dec. 1997 (1997)
  • Trimble v. Gordon
    430 U.S. 762 (1977)

U

V

W

Y

Z

  • Zambrano v. Office National de l'Emploi
    Case C-34/098 (March 2011)
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