Framing the state in times of transition : case studies in constitution making / Laurel E. Miller, editor ; with Louis Aucoin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Laurel (Laurel E.)

Aucoin, Louis.

Series:

Peacebuilding and the rule of law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history.

Constitutional conventions.

New democracies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 715 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2010.

Summary:

In this innovative and stimulating volume, Francis Deng outlines a new relationship between governments and societies a relationship informed by Western concepts but based on traditional African values such as respect for human dignity, equality, and self-rule.

Contents:

Norms of international law relating to the constitution-making process / Thomas M. Franck and Arun K. Thiruvengadam

Constitution making and the right to take part in a public affair / Vivien Hart

Constitution making in Eritrea : a process-driven approach / Bereket Habte Selassie

Namibia's long walk to freedom : the role of constitution making in the creation of an independent Namibia / Marinus Wiechers

Creating the birth certificate of a new South Africa : constitution making after apartheid / Hassen Ebrahim and Laurel E. Miller

The politics of constitution making in Uganda / Aili Mari Tripp

Zimbabwe's unfulfilled struggle for a legitimate constitutional order / Muna Ndulo

The process of creating a new constitution in Cambodia / Stephen P. Marks

East Timor's constitutional passage to independence / Louis Aucoin and Michele Brandt

Between coups : constitution making in Fiji / Jill Cottrell and Yash Ghai

The drafting process for the 1998 Albanian constitution / Scott N. Carlson

The Dayton constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina / James C. O'Brien

Constitution making and transitional politics in Hungary / Andrew Arato and Zoltán Miklósi

Constitution making, peace building, and national reconciliation : the experience of Poland / Lech Garlicki and Zofia Garlicka

Constitution making and democratization : the Spanish paradigm / Andrea Bonime-Blanc

Conflict resolution and constitutionalism : the making of the Brazilian constitution of 1988 / Keith S. Rosenn

Lessons of the Colombian constitutional reform of 1991 : toward the securing of peace and reconciliation? / Donald T. Fox, Gustavo Gallon-Giraldo, and Anne Stetson

The Nicaraguan constitutional experience : process, conflict, contradictions, and change / Lee Demetrius Walker and Philip J. Williams

The 1999 Venezuelan constitution-making process as an instrument for framing the development of an authoritarian political regime / Allan R. Brewer-Carias

Big tent, small tent : the making of a constitution in Afghanistan / J. Alexander Thier

Deconstituting Mesopotamia : cutting a deal on the regionalization of Iraq / Jonathan Morrow

Designing constitution-making processes : lessons from the past, questions for the future / Laurel E. Miller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1601270550

9781601270559

OCLC:

430736534