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New constitutionalism in Latin America : promises and practices /
"Latin America has a long tradition of constitutional reform. Since the democratic transitions of the 1980s, most countries have amended their constitutions at least once, and some have even undergone constitutional reform several times. The global phenomenon of a new constitutionalism, with en...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham :
Ashgate Publishing Ltd,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1: Introduction and Analytical Concepts; 1 Introduction: The Times they are a Changin'; 2 Explaining Constitutional Change; 3 Toward a Theory of Formal Constitutional Change; 4 Still the Land of Presidentialism?; 5 What do we mean when we talk about 'Critical Constitutionalism'?; Part 2: Reflections on the New Latin American Constitutionalism from a Historical and Comparative Perspective; 6 Latin American Constitutionalism; 7 Latin American Constitutionalism Then and Now.
- Part 3: Case Studies: The Impact of New Constitutions on Democracy and Governance8 Neo-Constitutionalism in Twenty-first Century Venezuela; 9 New Constitutions and the Transformation of Democracy in Bolivia and Ecuador*; 10 Constitutionalizing Policy; 11 Change and Continuity in Dominican Constitutions; 12 Chile: Democratization through Constitutional Reforms; Part 4: Case Studies: The Empowerment of Courts; 13 Institutional Design and Judicial Behaviour; 14 Constitutional Courts and Constitutional Change; Part 5: Case Studies: Rights Revolution and Indigenous State Transformation.
- 15 Colombia's 1991 Constitution: A Rights Revolution16 How Does the New Constitutionalism Respond to the Human Rights Challenges?; 17 Plurinational Constitutionalism; 18 Turning Legal Pluralism into State-Sanctioned Law; Conclusions.