Sujit Choudhry (ed.)

Constitutional Design for Divided Societies

Integration or Accommodation?
Ed.: Choudhry, Sujit

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a coherent, theoretically grounded examination of one of the most controversial issues in contemporary constitutional design - the accommodation of diverse cultures. Offers a unique comparative approach to the problem, several case studies confront the central issues by responding to the concepts analysed in the opening section Combines perspectives from constitutional law and political theory, aiming to bring to bear the insights of both disciplines on the complex problem

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 890g
• ISBN-13: 9780199535415
• ISBN-10: 0199535418
• Artikelnr.: 23518529

Autorenporträt

Sujit Choudhry holds the Scholl Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where is Associate Dean. He has written widely on comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. His previous books include The Migration of Constitutional Ideas (Cambridge University Press) and Dilemmas of Solidarity (University of Toronto Press).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Integration, Accommodation and the Agenda of
Comparative Constitutional Law
* Part I: Setting the Stage
* 1: John McGarry, Brendan O'Leary and Richard Simeon: Integration or
accommodation? The enduring debate in conflict regulation
* 2: Will Kymlicka: The internationalization of minority rights
* 3: Sujit Choudhry: Does the world need more Canada? The politics of
the Canadian model in constitutional politics and political theory
* 4: Alan Patten: Beyond the dichotomy of universalism and difference:
four responses to cultural diversity
* 5: Richard H. Pildes: Groups and constitutionalism in divided
societies: a dynamic approach to the design of democratic
institutions
* Part II: Case Studies
* 6: Jacques Bertrand: Indonesia's quasi-federalist approach:
accommodation amidst strong integrationist tendencies
* 7: John Boye Ejobowah: Integrationist and accommodationist measures
in Nigeria's constitutional engineering: successes and failures
* 8: Anver Emon: The limits of constitutionalism in the Muslim world:
identity and narration in Islamic law
* 9: Yash Ghai and Jill Cottrell: A tale of three constitutions:
ethnicity and politics in Fiji
* 10: Michael Keating: Rival nationalisms in a plurinational state:
Spain, Catalonia and the Basque Country
* 11: John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary: Northern Ireland
* 12: John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary: Iraq's Constitution of 2005:
liberal consociation as political prescription
* 13: Richard Simeon and Christina Murray: Recognition without
empowerment: minorities in a democratic South Africa
* 14: Stephen Tierney: Giving with one hand: Scottish devolution within
a unitary state