Constitution making during state building / Joanne Wallis, Australian National University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallis, Joanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Timor-Leste.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island.

Political participation--Timor-Leste.

Political participation.

Political participation--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island.

Constituent power--Timor-Leste.

Constituent power.

Constituent power--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island.

Representative government and representation--Timor-Leste.

Representative government and representation.

Representative government and representation--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island.

Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island.

Timor-Leste.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 401 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

How can fragmented, divided societies that are not immediately compatible with centralised statehood best adjust to state structures? This book employs both comparative constitutional law and comparative politics, as it proposes the idea of a 'constituent process', whereby public participation in constitution making plays a positive role in state building. This can help to foster a sense of political community and produce a constitution that enhances the legitimacy and effectiveness of state institutions because a liberal-local hybrid can emerge to balance international liberal practices with local customary ones. This book represents a sustained attempt to examine the role that public participation has played during state building and the consequences it has had for the performance of the state. It is also the first attempt to conduct a detailed empirical study of the role played by the liberal-local-hybrid approach in state building.

Contents:

Part I. Normative Justification for a Constituent Process

The normative justification

A constituent process

Part II. Minimal Participation in Timor-Leste

State building and constitution making in Timor-Leste

Constituent power in Timor-Leste

Constituted power in Timor-Leste

Part III. Extensive Participation in Bougainville

State building and constitution making in Bougainville

Constituent power in Bougainville

Constituted power in Bougainville

Part IV. Comparing the two cases and conclusions

Comparing the constitution-making processes

The role of a constituent process in state building.

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ISBN:

9781107587700

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