This volume examines whether contemporary parliaments use foreign and comparative law in the legislative process. The research reports covered in this book apply the same methodological approach, focusing on the information

apparatus available to the legislators and on the rules and practices that regulate the drafting and approval of bills. Subsequently, it examines

several examples of recent legislation in which foreign law has been taken into consideration: in an explicit or implicit way, ...

While global constitutional ideas migrate across countries, continents, agencies and institutions, internationally accepted principles of constitutionalism and human rights influence national governments that have been able to keep their sovereignty. This book looks into the fascinating question of convergence and sovereignty by approaching the issue from various angels: the use of foreign and international law in national constitution-making and constitutional interpretation on the one hand,...