Modern constitutions /

The world has seen many new constitutions promising social rights and adopting innovative representative institutions. This book presents examples from the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia that show these constitutions face many challenges, especially the rise of authoritarian regimes that en...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Smith, Rogers M., 1953- (Editor ), Beeman, Richard R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Colección:Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism.
Temas:
Constitutional law.
Constitutional law > United States.
Constitutional law > United States > States.
Constitutions.
Droit constitutionnel.
constitutions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Constitutions.
Constitutional law
Constitutional law > U.S. states
Constitutions
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Is the Influence of the U.S. Constitution Declining?
  • 2. Is the U.S. Constitution Sufficiently Demo cratic? How Would We Know and Do We Really Care?
  • 3. State Constitutional Details and Amer i ca's Positive Rights
  • 4. Dignity, Rights, and the Comparative Method
  • 5. Beyond Window Dressing: Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes
  • 6. Unconstitutional Constituent Power
  • 7. Communist Federations
  • 8. Constitutional Moments and the Paradox of Constitutionalism in Multinational Democracies (Spain, 2006-2019)
  • 9. Constituting the State in Postcolonial Africa: Fifty Years of Constitution- Making Toward an African Constitutionalism
  • Conclusion
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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