Screen LibraryConstitution making /
"Constitution making is a topic of increasing scholarly and practical interest. Focusing on a set of important case studies, yet also featuring classic articles on the subject, this research review is an...assembly of theoretical literature. Ensuring wide geographic and historical coverage, and...
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Constitutional Law ;
2 |
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| Summary: |
"Constitution making is a topic of increasing scholarly and practical interest. Focusing on a set of important case studies, yet also featuring classic articles on the subject, this research review is an...assembly of theoretical literature. Ensuring wide geographic and historical coverage, and including an original introduction by the editors, the research review provides an...overview of the myriad of circumstances in which constitutions can be made."-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 845 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781783472956 1783472952 |
| Index Number: | K3165 |
| CLC: | D911 |
| Call Number: | D911/C758-4 |
| Contents: |
Forces and mechanisms in the constitution making process / Reason, interest, rationality, and passion in constitution drafting / Legislatures as constituent assemblies / Conventions, constituent assemblies, and round tables : models, principles and elements of democratic constitution-making / Constitutional design : proposals versus processes / After the rights revolution : bills of rights in the postconflict state / Constitution-building proccesses and democratization : lessons learned / Baghdad, Tokyo, Kabul... : constitution making in occupied states / Replacing and amending constitutions : the logic of constitutional change in Latin America / Constitution-writing in deeply divided societies : the incrementalist approach / Democratic constitution making / Does the process of constitution-making matter? / A journey around constitutions : reflections on contemporary constitutions / Constitution-making gone wrong / Constitution-making in Eastern Europe : rebuilding the boat in the open sea / The politics of constitution-making / Conflict resolution and constitutionalism : the making of the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 / Tracking the 'Arab Spring' : Egypt's failed transition / Rebuilding the German Constitution, I / Rebuilding the German Constitution, II / The constituent assembly : microcosm in action / Comments on a successful constitution / Creating a new political order / The equal rights clause / Kenya's 2010 Constitution / Creating the birth certificate of a new South Africa / Constitution making and democratization : the Spanish paradigm / Participation and support for the constitution in Uganda / |