Comparative constitution making / edited by David Landau, Hanna Lerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, David.

Contributor:

Landau, David E., editor.

Lerner, Hanna, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks in comparative law.

Research handbooks in comparative constitutional law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"Recent years have witnessed an explosion of new research on constitution making. Comparative Constitution Making provides an up-to-date overview of this rapidly expanding field. Bringing together leading scholars from political science and comparative public law, this handbook presents a broad historical and geographical perspective, exploring debates on constitutionalism across the world. Contributions provide original, innovative research on central issues related to the process and context of constitution making and identify distinctive elements or models of regional constitutionalism. Insightful and comprehensive, this handbook offers impeccable guidance for students and scholars of constitutional and comparative public law, as well as political science, sociology and history, who are interested in the study of constitution making, democratization and post-conflict reconstruction. Lawyers, civil servants and NGOs in the field of constitutional advising and post-conflict institution building will also benefit from this handbook's unique insight"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction / Hanna Lerner and David Landau

Part I: Foundations 2. Revolutions and constitution-making / Andrew Arato

3. Constitution making and social transformation / Heinz Klug

4. International involvement in constitution-making / Cheryl Saunders

5. Constituent power, primary assemblies, and the imperative mandate / Joel Colon-Rios

6. Amendment and revision in the unmaking of constitutions / Richard Albert

Part II: Techniques and processes

7. The constitutional referendum in historical perspective / Zach Elkins and Alexander Hudson

8. Constitutional design deferred / Rosalind Dixon

9. Making constitutions in deeply divided places / Brendan O'Leary

10. Civil society, participation and the making of Kenya's constitution / Yash Ghai

11. How constitutional crowdsourcing can enhance legitimacy in constitution-making / Carlos Bernal

Part III: Contexts and Contents

12. Religion and constitution-making in comparative perspective / Asli Bali and Hanna Lerner

13. Constitution making and state building / Joanne Wallis

14. The making of 'illiberal constitutionalism' with or without a new constitution: the case of Hungary and Poland / Gabor Halmai

15. Constitution making: the case of 'unwritten' constitutions / Janet McClean

16. The making of constitutional preambles / Justin Frosini

Part IV: Historical perspectives

17. Constitutionalism ancient and oriental / Patricia Springborg

18. First constitutions: American procedural influence / Lorianne Updike Toler

19. National identity and constitutions in modern Europe: into the fifth zone / Bill Kissane and Nick Sitter

20. Constitution making and constitutionalism in Europe / Chris Thornhill

Part V: Regional perspectives

21. The unsurprising but distinctive nature of constitution writing in the Arab world / Nathan Brown

22. Constitution crafting in South Asia: lessons on accommodation and alienation / Menaka Guruswamy

23. Constitution-making and public participation in Southeast Asia / Melissa Crouch

24. Voluntary infusion of constitutionalism in anglophone African constitutions / Francois Venter

25. Post-soviet constitution-making / Will Partlett

26. Constituent power and constitution-making in Latin America / David Landau

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78536-526-6