Doctrine

Civil rights

Judgments in the archive that turn on questions of civil rights.

Overview

The archive holds 10 judgments in Civil rights, decided between 1944–2018, drawn from 4 jurisdictions (United States, China, India, Russia) and 4 courts of record. Each entry is set out in the same order — facts, legal issue, arguments, judgment, reasoning and the rule established — so decisions from different legal systems can be read side by side.

Landmark cases

United StatesBrown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954ChinaQi Yuling v. Chen Xiaoqi et al.Supreme People’s Court · 2001ChinaNicolo-style constitutional review in China is not available; use PRC constitutional-administrative landmark cases insteadSupreme People’s Court · 2001–2008United StatesKorematsu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944United StatesCooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958United StatesRegents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978United StatesLawrence v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2003ChinaZhao Yuling-style constitutional reasoning / Qi Yuling-related rights enforcementSupreme People’s Court · 2001IndiaNavtej Singh Johar v. Union of IndiaSupreme Court of India · 2018RussiaDecision on the Freedom of Assembly and Public Demonstrations (Judgment No. 14-P)Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2013