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The global south and comparative constitutional law / Edited by Philipp Dann, Michael Riegner, Maxim Bönnemann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dann, Philipp, Editor.
- Series:
- Oxford comparative constitutionalism.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford comparative constitutionalism - cloth
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--Developing countries.
- Constitutional law.
- Constitutional law--Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2020
- Summary:
- Although the Global South represents 'most of the world' in terms of constitutions and population, it is underrepresented in comparative constitutional discourse. This text fills the gap in this scholarship by tackling the most important aspects of comparative law from the Southern perspective.
- Contents:
- List of Contributors 1. The Southern Turn in Comparative Constitutional Law: An Introduction Part I: Theorizing the Global South in Comparative Constitutional Law 2. Facing South: On the Significance of An/Other Modernity in Comparative Constitutional Law 3. (Global) Constitutionalism and the Geopolitics of Knowledge 4. Comparing as (Re-)Imagining: Southern Perspective and the World of Constitutions 5. Legal Innovation as a Global Public Good: Remaking Comparative Law as Indigenization Part II: Themes of Constitutionalism in the Global South 6. Transformative Constitutionalism as a Model for Africa? 7. Transformative Constitutionalism: A View from Brazil 8. Postcolonial Proportionality: Johar, Transformative Constitutionalism, and Same-Sex Rights in India 9. Socio-Economic Rights and Expanding Access to Justice in South Africa: What Can Be Done? 10. Inequality and the Constitution: From Equality to Social Rights 11. Same Bed, Different Dreams: Constitutionalism and Legality in Asian Hybrid Regimes 12. The Challenge of Transforming Mexican Authoritarian Constitutionalism
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2020.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-259075-8
- 0-19-188542-8
- 0-19-259074-X
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