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"Recent years have witnessed an explosion of new research on constitution making. Comparative Constitution Making provides an up-to-date overview of this rapidly expanding field. Bringing together leading scholars from political science and comparative public law, this handbook presents a broad...
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Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Research handbooks in comparative constitutional law
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| Summary: |
"Recent years have witnessed an explosion of new research on constitution making. Comparative Constitution Making provides an up-to-date overview of this rapidly expanding field. Bringing together leading scholars from political science and comparative public law, this handbook presents a broad historical and geographical perspective, exploring debates on constitutionalism across the world. Contributions provide original, innovative research on central issues related to the process and context of constitution making and identify distinctive elements or models of regional constitutionalism. Insightful and comprehensive, this handbook offers impeccable guidance for students and scholars of constitutional and comparative public law, as well as political science, sociology and history, who are interested in the study of constitution making, democratization and post-conflict reconstruction. Lawyers, civil servants and NGOs in the field of constitutional advising and post-conflict institution building will also benefit from this handbook's unique insight"-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 613 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781785365256 1785365258 |
| Index Number: | K3161 |
| CLC: | D911 |
| Call Number: | D911/C737-1 |
| Contents: |
Introduction to Comparative constitution making : the state of the field / Revolutions and constitution making / Constitution making and social transformation / International involvement in constitution making / Constituent power, primary assemblies, and the imperative mandate / Amendment and revision in the unmaking of constitutions / The constitutional referendum in historical perspective / Constitutional design deferred / Making constitutions in deeply divided places : maxims for constitutional advisors / Civil society, participation and the making of Kenya's constitution / How constitutional crowdsourcing can enhance legitimacy in constitution making / Religion and constitution making in comparative perspective / Constitution making and state building / The making of "illiberal constitutionalism" with or without a new constitution : the case of Hungary and Poland / Constitution making : the case of "unwritten" constitutions / The making of constitutional preambles / Constitutionalism ancient and oriental / First constitutions : American procedural influence / National identity and constitutions in modern Europe : into the fifth zone / Constitution making and constitutionalism in Europe / The unsurprising but distinctive nature of constitution writing in the Arab world / Constitution crafting in South Asia : lessons on accommodation and alienation / Constitution making and public participation in Southeast Asia / Voluntary infusion of constitutionalism in Anglophone African constitutions / Post-Soviet constitution making / Constituent power and constitution making in Latin America / |