Judith Pryor

Constitutions (eBook, ePUB)

Writing Nations, Reading Difference

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing a postcolonial perspective to UK constitutional debates and including a detailed and comparative engagement with the constitutions of Britain's ex-colonies, this book is an original reflection upon the relationship between the 'written' and the 'unwritten' constitution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134082919
• Artikelnr.: 38260659

Autorenporträt

Judith Pryor is an historian at the Waitangi Tribunal, New Zealand

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. Constitutions: Writing Nations, Reading Difference 2.
Theorizing Constitutional Texts 3. 'In the Name of God and of the Dead
Generations': Proclaiming the Irish Republic 4. 'The Treaty Always Speaks':
Reading Aotearoa New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi 5.
'Fracturing the Skeleton' of the Law: The Mabo Decision and the
Re-Constitution of Australia 6. Conjuring Spectres: Locating the
Constitution of Britain in its Post-Imperial Moment 7. Conclusion:
Re-Reading Constitutional Texts