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Social 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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Comparative constitutional law and policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 Studies
- Accidental constitutionalism : the political foundations and implications of constitution-making in Israel / Adam Shinar
- The myth of imposed constitution / David S. Law
- Social, political, and philosophical foundations of the Irish constitutional order / Paul Brady
- South Sudan's dualistic constitution / Kevin L. Cope
- New Zealand : abandoning Westminster? / David Erdos
- The juristic republic of Iran / Binesh Hass
- Neo-Bolivarian constitutional design : comparing the 1999 Venezuelan, 2008 Ecuadorian, and 2009 Bolivian constitutions / Phoebe King
- The constitution as agreement to agree : the social and political foundations (and effects) of the 1971 Egyptian constitution / Clark Lombardi.