New constitutionalism in Latin America : promises and practices / edited by Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nolte, Detlef.

Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Latin America.

Constitutional law.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 490 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]

Contents:

Introduction : the times they are a changin : constitutional transformations in Latin America since the 1990s / Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor

Explaining constitutional change : comparing the logic, advantages and shortcomings of static and dynamic approaches / Astrid Lorenz

Toward a theory of formal constitutional change : mechanisms of constitutional adaptation in Latin America

Gabriel negretto

Still the land of presidentialism? : executives and the Latin American constitution / José Antonio Cheibub, Zachary Elkins and Tom Ginsburg

What do we mean when we talk about "critical constitutionalism"? : some reflections on the new Latin American constitutions / Albert Noguera

Latin American constitutionalism : historical development and distinctive traits / Laurence Whitehead

Latin American constitutionalism then and now : promises and questions / Roberto Gargarella

Neo-constitutionalism in twenty-first century Venezuela : participatory democracy, deconcentrated decentralization or centralized populism? / Rickard Lalander

New constitutions and the transformation of democracy in Bolivia and Ecuador / Jonas Wolff

Constitutionalizing policy : the Brazilian constitution of 1988 and its impact on governance / Rogerio Arantes and Claudio Couto

Change and continuity in Dominican constitutions : the 2010 reform compared / Leiv Marsteintredet

Chile : democratization through constitutional reforms / Claudio Fuentes

Institutional design and judicial behaviour : constitutional interpretation of criminal due process rights in Latin America / Julio Rios-Figueroa

Constitutional courts and constitutional change : analyzing the cases of presidential re-election in Latin America / Elena Martínez-Barahona

Colombia's 1991 constitution : a rights revolution / Juan Fernando Jaramillo

How does new constitutionalism respond to the human rights challenges posed by transnational corporations? / Claudia Müller-Hoff

Plurinational constitutionalism : a new era of indigenous-state relations? / Almut Schilling-Vacaflor and Rene Kuppe

Turning legal pluralism into state-sanctioned law : assessing the implications of the new constitutions and laws in Bolivia and Ecuador / Anna Barrera

The new Latin American constitutionalism : beyond liberal democracy? / Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409434986

1409434982

9781409434993

1409434990

OCLC:

775028730