| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 613 pages) |
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Research handbooks in comparative constitutional law series |
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Research handbooks in comparative constitutional law.
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| Contents |
Introduction to Comparative constitution making : the state of the field / Hanna Lerner, David Landau -- Revolutions and constitution making / Andrew Arato -- Constitution making and social transformation / Heinz Klug -- International involvement in constitution making / Cheryl Saunders -- Constituent power, primary assemblies, and the imperative mandate / Joel Colon-Rios -- Amendment and revision in the unmaking of constitutions / Richard Albert -- The constitutional referendum in historical perspective / Zachary Elkins, Alexander Hudson -- Constitutional design deferred / Rosalind Dixon -- Making constitutions in deeply divided places : maxims for constitutional advisors / Brendan O'Leary -- Civil society, participation and the making of Kenya's constitution / Yash Ghai -- How constitutional crowdsourcing can enhance legitimacy in constitution making / Carlos Bernal -- Religion and constitution making in comparative perspective / Aslı Ü. Bali and Hanna Lerner -- Constitution making and state building / Joanne Wallis -- The making of "illiberal constitutionalism" with or without a new constitution : the case of Hungary and Poland / Gábor Halmai -- Constitution making : the case of "unwritten" constitutions / Janet McLean -- The making of constitutional preambles / Justin O. Frosini -- Constitutionalism ancient and oriental / Patricia Springborg -- First constitutions : American procedural influence / Lorianne Updike Toler -- National identity and constitutions in modern Europe : into the fifth zone / Bill Kissane, Nick Sitter -- Constitution making and constitutionalism in Europe / Chris Thornhill -- The unsurprising but distinctive nature of constitution writing in the Arab world / Nathan J. Brown -- Constitution crafting in South Asia : lessons on accommodation and alienation / Menaka Guruswamy -- Constitution making and public participation in Southeast Asia / Melissa Crouch -- Voluntary infusion of constitutionalism in Anglophone African constitutions / Francois Venter -- Post-Soviet constitution making / William Partlett -- Constituent power and constitution making in Latin America / David Landau |
| Summary |
"Recent years have witnessed an explosion of new research on constitution making. Comparative Constitution Making provides an up-to-date overview of this rapidly expanding field."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2019) |
| Subject |
Constitutions.
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Constitutional history.
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Constitutional law.
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constitutions.
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Constitutional history
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Constitutional law
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Constitutions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Landau, David E., editor.
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Lerner, Hanna, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781785365263 |
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1785365266 |
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