Constitutional Law I Origins of the US Constitution a Articles of Confederation i no federal power to tax or regulate commerce ii no executive or judiciary branch II Marbury v Madison (1803) a Facts: i Marbury (appointed justice of the peace under President Adams – Federalist) sought writ of
United States, with many law schools offering a course in comparative constitutions, and such figures as Erwin Griswold and William Douglas writing on the topic (Fontana 2011) But for the bulk of the 20th century, comparative constitutional law was not a vigorous or prominent field for writing by academic lawyers
constitutional law, providing guidance on the current state of research for all those working in the discipline l Presents a global, comparative perspective on the central concepts, institutions, and processes of constitutional law, invaluable for students and academics of constitutional law in any country
of constitutional law which, while it recognises indigenous customs and has certain similarities with them, is in written form and derives from institutions and modes of legislation unknown to customary law From this point of view the story begins with the first attempts of the British to provide a system of government in the Gold Coast