Screen LibrarySocial and political foundations of constitutions /
"This volume analyses the social and political forces that influence constitutions and the process of constitution making. It combines theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions with a range of detailed case studies of constitution making in nineteen diffe...
Saved in:
| Group Author: | ; |
|---|---|
| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
|
| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Comparative constitutional law and policy
|
| Subjects: | |
| Summary: |
"This volume analyses the social and political forces that influence constitutions and the process of constitution making. It combines theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions with a range of detailed case studies of constitution making in nineteen different countries. In the first part of the volume, leading scholars analyze and develop a range of theoretical perspectives, including constitutions as coordination devices, mission statements, contracts, products of domestic power play, transnational documents, and as reflection of the will of the peopl |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 672 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781107032880 (hardback) : 1107032881 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | K3165 |
| CLC: | D911 |
| Call Number: | D911/S678 |
| Contents: |
Part I. Introduction -- Theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions / Denis Galligan and Mila Versteeg -- Part II. Theoretical Perspectives -- Why a constitution? / Russell Hardin -- Constitutions as mission statements / Jeff King -- Transnational constitutionalism : a conceptual framework / Benedikt Goderis and Mila Versteeg -- The people, the constitution, and the idea of representation / Denis J. Galligan -- The strategic foundations of constitutions / Ran Hirschl -- Constitutions as contract, constitutions as charters / Tom Ginsburg -- Part III. Case Explaining the constitutionalization of social rights : Portuguese hypotheses and a cross national test / Pedro Magalhães -- Popular constitution-making : the case of Iceland / Anne Meuwese -- Romania's transnational constitution : a tradition of elite learning and self-empowerment / Christina Parau -- The social and political foundations of the Nigerian constitution / Charles H. Parkinson -- The once and future democracy : Argentina at the bar of constitutionalism / Miguel Schor -- Battle between law and society in Micronesia / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Constitutionalism of shallow foundations |