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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Authors from a number of different disciplines offer a general overview of constitutional reforms in Latin America since 1990. They explore the historical, philosophical and doctrinal differences between traditional and new constitutionalism in Latin America and examine sources of inspiration. The book also covers sociopolitical settings, which factors and actors are relevant for the reform process, and analyzes the constitutional practices after reform, including the question of whether the recent constitutional reforms created new post-liberal democracies with an enhanced human and social...

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:

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-59790-X

1-317-08863-8

1-317-08862-X

1-4094-3499-0

9781315597904

OCLC:

804662269