=LDR 00000nam 2200000 4500 =001 INLIS000000000001295 =005 20200508201416 =008 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||ind|| =020 $$a ***** =035 $0010-0520001295 =041 $$a ind =082 $$a 328.3 =084 $$a 328.3/MAG/t =100 $$a Pedro C. Magalhaes =245 $$a The Limits to Judicialization: Legislative Politics and Constitutional Review in the Iberian Democracies =260 $$a America $b The Other Press $c 2003 =300 $$a xvii, 398 hlm.; 29 cm$c 29 cm =520 $$a A growing body of literature has suggested that courts are becming increasingly powerful political actors in many contemporary democraries. This trend is supposed to be stronger where constitutional courts perform a so called “abstract review” of legislation. Such courts are the potential recipients of ligitation by opposition parties against legislation passed by parliamentary majorities, and enjoy the power to veto it if they find unconstitusional provisions.