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Comparative constitutional law in Latin America / edited by Rosalind Dixon, Tom Ginsburg.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--Latin America.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (386 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- This book provides unique insights into the practice of democratic constitutionalism in one of the world's most legally and politically significant regions.It combines contributions from leading Latin American and global scholars to provide 'bottom up' and 'top down' insights about the lessons to be drawn from the distinctive constitutional.
- Contents:
- Comparative constitutional law in Latin America : an introduction / Rosalind Dixon and Tom Ginsburg
- Constitution making and constitutionalism in Latin America : the role of procedural rules / Gabriel L. Negretto
- Constitution making and constituent power / Joel Colâon-Râios
- A critical mapping of transitional justice in Latin America / Lucas Lixinski
- Constitutional revolution in the Andes? / Zachary Elkins
- The New "Bolivarian" Constitutions : a textual analysis / Mark Tushnet
- Looking beyond the constitution : the social and ecological function of property / Helena Alviar Garcia
- Equality / Roberto Gargarella
- Modes of disestablishment in Latin America / Julieta Lemaitre
- Judicial role and the limits of constitutional convergence in Latin America / David Landau
- Ambitious constitutions : prominent courts / Oscar Vilhena Vieira
- Between power and submissiveness : constitutional adjudication in Latin America / Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri
- The institutional limits of inter-American constitutionalism / Alexandra Huneeus
- The constitutional protection of economic and social rights in Latin America / Carlos Bernal
- The "economic constitutions" of Latin America : between free markets and socioeconomic rights / Javier Couso.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78536-921-0
- OCLC:
- 992580189
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