ISBN:
1107032881
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9781107032880
Language:
English
Pages:
XX, 672 S
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24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Comparative constitutional law and policy
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Social and political foundations of constitutions
DDC:
342
Keywords:
Constitutional law Social aspects
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Constitutional law Political aspects
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Constitutions
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DE in Bearbeitung (GIGA-CDOK)
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Verfassung
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Grundlage
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Gesellschaft
;
Politik
Abstract:
"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 different countries. In the first part of the volume, leading scholars analyse and develop a range of theoretical perspectives, including constitutions as coordination devices, mission statements, contracts, products of domestic power play, transnational documents, and as reflection of the will of the people. In the second part of the volume, these theories are examined through in-depth case studies of the social and political foundations of constitutions in countries such as Egypt, Nigeria, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Israel, Argentina, and others. The result is a multidimensional study of constitutions as social phenomena and their interaction with other social phenomena. The approach combines social science analysis of the nature of constitutions with case studies of selected constitutions"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Part I. IntroductionTheoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions
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Explaining the constitutionalization of social rights : Portuguese hypotheses and a cross national test
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Part II. Theoretical Perspectives ; Why a constitution?
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Constitutions as mission statements
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Transnational constitutionalism : a conceptual framework
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The people, the constitution, and the idea of representation
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The strategic foundations of constitutions
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Constitutions as contract, constitutions as charters
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Part III. Case Studies ; Accidental constitutionalism : the political foundations and implications of Constitution making in Israel
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The myth of imposed constitutionalism
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Social, political, and philosophical foundations of the Irish constitutional order
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South Sudan's dualistic constitution
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New Zealand : abandoning Westminster?
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The juristic republic of Iran
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Neo-Bolivarian constitutional design : comparing the 1999 Venezuelan, 2008 Ecuadorian, and 2009 Bolivian constitutions
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The constitution as agreement to agree : the social and political foundations (and effects) of the 1971 Egyptian constitution
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Romania's transnational constitution : a tradition of elite learning and self-empowerment
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The social and political foundations of the Nigerian constitution
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The once and future democracy : Argentina at the bar of constitutionalism
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Battle between law and society in Micronesia
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Constitutionalism of shallow foundations : the case of Bulgaria
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The shifting foundations of the European Union constitution
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