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Rewriting the Canadian Constitution imagines how Canada's Constitution could be rethought and reshaped through amendment. Assuming that broad constitutional change is possible, this volume brings together leading scholars from law, political science, and philosophy to examine four key areas of...
Read More about Rewriting the Canadian ConstitutionIn this eye-opening study of the world's constitutions, scholars explain the creation, operation, revision, and replacement of multi-textual constitutions-a ubiquitous but woefully understudied constitutional form that is ever-present in many countries of the world but as-yet underappreciated in...
Read More about Multi-Textual Constitutions of the WorldBruce Ackerman's path-breaking book on Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law puts him at the centre of the major subjects in public law today, from the promise and perils of populism to the causes and consequences of democratic backsliding, from the optimal models...
Read More about Revolutionary Constitutionalism: Law, Legitimacy, PowerThis book examines the reasoning practice of 15 constitutional courts and supreme courts, including the Caribbean Commonwealth and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Enriched by empirical data, with which it strives to contribute to a constructive and well-informed debate, the volume analyses...
Read More about Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America and the Caribbean (Constitutionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean)This innovative book blends constitutional theory with real-life political practice to explore the impact of codifying constitutional amendments on the operation of the constitution in relation to democracy, the rule of law, and the separation of powers.
It draws from comparative, historical...
Read More about The Architecture of Constitutional Amendments: History, Law, PoliticsThere is growing interest in constitutional amendment from a comparative perspective. Comparative constitutional amendment is the study of how constitutions change through formal and informal means, including alteration, revision, evolution, interpretation, replacement and revolution. The field...
Read More about The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment (Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law #17)Founding moments are landmark events that break ties with the ancien régime and lay the foundation for the establishment of a new constitutional order. They are often radically disruptive episodes in the life of a state. They reshape national law, reset political relationships, establish future...
Read More about Founding Moments in ConstitutionalismThis book examines the problem of constitutional change in times of crisis. Divided into five main parts, it both explores and interrogates how public law manages change in periods of extraordinary pressure on the constitution. In Part I, "Emergency, Exception and Normalcy," the contributors discuss...
Read More about Constitutionalism Under Extreme Conditions: Law, Emergency, Exception (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice #82)