Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes

Herausgeber: Negretto, Gabriel L

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Produktbeschreibung

Many contemporary democracies face popular pressure to profoundly transform or replace their constitutions. This book shows how redrafting constitutions in democratic regimes may contribute to the improvement or erosion of democracy. Its interdisciplinary and comparative perspective makes it a valuable resource to scholars of law and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 263
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781108813778
• ISBN-10: 1108813771
• Artikelnr.: 63691223

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: new constitutions in democratic regimes Gabriel L.
Negretto; Part I. Conceptual, Normative, and Empirical Issues: 2.
Constitution making through law Joel Colón-Ríos; 3. Expanding revision
clauses in democratic constitutions William Partlett; 4. Courts and
constitution making in democratic regimes: a contextual approach David
Landau; 5. Replacing constitutions in democratic regimes: elite cooperation
and citizen participation Gabriel L. Negretto; Part II. Case Studies: 6.
The difference power diffusion makes: explaining divergent outcomes in
Colombia (1990-1991) and Venezuela (1998-1999) Ana María Bejarano and
Renata Segura; 7. Procedural rules and majoritarian politics in Poland
(1993-1997) and Hungary (2010-2011) Gabriel L. Negretto and Solongo Wandan;
8. Thailand's democratic moment: the 1997 constitution Tom Ginsburg; 9.
Political elites and the people: Kenya's decade-long constitution-making
process Christina Murray; 10. The anatomy of constitution making: from
Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017 Thorvaldur Gylfason.