Doctrine

Constitutional law

Judgments in the archive that turn on questions of constitutional law.

Overview

The archive holds 45 judgments in Constitutional law, decided between 1765–2021, drawn from 6 jurisdictions (United States, France, China, United Kingdom, India, Russia) and 10 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 StatesMarbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803United StatesMcCulloch v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819United StatesBrown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954FranceSociété des Cafés Jacques VabreCour de cassation · 1975FranceFreedom of Association DecisionConstitutional Council · 1971ChinaQi 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 StatesGibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824United StatesDred Scott v. SandfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1857United StatesKorematsu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944United StatesCooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958United StatesEngel v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1962United StatesRoe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973United 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 · 2001United KingdomEntick v. CarringtonCourt of Common Pleas · 1765United KingdomR (Miller) v. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Miller I)Supreme Court of the United Kingdom · 2017United KingdomR (Miller) v. The Prime Minister / Cherry v. Advocate General for Scotland (Miller II)Supreme Court of the United Kingdom · 2019United KingdomRidge v. BaldwinHouse of Lords · 1964United KingdomAnisminic Ltd v. Foreign Compensation CommissionHouse of Lords · 1969IndiaKesavananda Bharati v. State of KeralaSupreme Court of India · 1973IndiaManeka Gandhi v. Union of IndiaSupreme Court of India · 1978IndiaJustice K. S. Puttaswamy v. Union of IndiaSupreme Court of India · 2017IndiaM. C. Mehta v. Union of India (Oleum Gas Leak Case)Supreme Court of India · 1987IndiaK. M. Nanavati v. State of MaharashtraSupreme Court of India · 1962IndiaNavtej Singh Johar v. Union of IndiaSupreme Court of India · 2018IndiaBachan Singh v. State of PunjabSupreme Court of India · 1980IndiaUnni Krishnan, J.P. v. State of Andhra PradeshSupreme Court of India · 1993IndiaState of Madras v. Champakam DorairajanSupreme Court of India · 1951IndiaS. R. Bommai v. Union of IndiaSupreme Court of India · 1994IndiaI.C. Golaknath & Ors. v. State of PunjabSupreme Court of India · 1967IndiaSupreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India (Second Judges Case)Supreme Court of India · 1993IndiaUnion of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)Supreme Court of India · 2002RussiaDecision on the Priority of the Russian Constitution over International Human Rights RulingsConstitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2015RussiaDecision on the Constitutionality of the 2020 Amendments to the Russian ConstitutionConstitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2020RussiaDecision on the Freedom of Assembly and Public Demonstrations (Judgment No. 14-P)Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2013RussiaJudgment on Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (Dadin Case)Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2017RussiaDefense of Honor, Dignity and Business Reputation (Constitutional Court Clarification)Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2021RussiaDecision on the Right to Legal Counsel in Pre-Trial Detention (Maslov Case)Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2000RussiaDecision on the Protection of Private Property Rights against Arbitrary ExpropriationConstitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2019RussiaDecision on the Restitution of Property to Victims of Political RepressionsConstitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 2019RussiaThe Telegram Encryption Keys Case (Telegram Messenger LLP v. FSB)Supreme Court of the Russian Federation · 2018RussiaCase on the Constitutionality of Presidential Decrees on Chechnya (Chechen War Case)Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 1995RussiaCase on the Legality of Military Deployment in Internal Armed ConflictConstitutional Court of the Russian Federation · 1995