Judicial Review and Constitutional Adjudication in Cyprus and Beyond

Judicial review and constitutional adjudication, as the author explains in his book, have played a very important role in the preservation of the Republic of Cyprus as an independent, sovereign and internationally recognized State, despite the political upheavals which have engulfed the island since independence in 1960.

The constitutional and legal institutions and traditions of Cyprus are perhaps unique in the world, in the sense that the overall constitutional and legal system of the island represents a veritable mosaic and combination of diverse elements, including common law, continental law, European law, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and American law and jurisprudence, principally the fascinating jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Beyond Cyprus, the author discusses issues of both constitutional theory and practice arising in a number of jurisdictions, the principal one being the United States of America and its Supreme Court, with reference however also being made to some others, principally India and its Supreme Court. Various theories and topics of judicial review and constitutional theory are addressed in the chapters that follow, with judicial methodology being one of them.

This book will be of interest to those who are interested in the topic of judicial review and in political and legal developments in Cyprus.