Constitution-Making : Principles, Process, Practice / Edward McWhinney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWhinney, Edward, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In response to the general crisis in law and society in contemporary western and communist nations alike, and to the need for new relations between man and the state, Professor McWhinney presents a comparative study of constitutions and constitution-making.

Contents:

Cover; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; 1 Constitutions and constitutionalism; 2 Constituent power: the when and why of constitution-making; 3 The constitution-makers: who does what; 4 The art of constitution-making: the how and what of constitutional drafting; 5 The principal antinomies of contemporary constitution-making: the presidential executive or government by assembly; 6 Constitutional antinomies: centralization and decentralization; federalism, regionalism, and devolution; 7 Constitutionalism and extraordinary powers: the concept of constitutional emergency

8 Man and the state: the open society and affirmative action9 Political representation: direct and indirect elections; individual and group representation; 10 Control of constitutionality: judicial review, and government by the judiciary; 11 The limits and possibilities of contemporary constitutionalism; 12 Some rules of constitutional-prudence for contemporary constitution-makers; APPENDIX Extracts from major constitutional charters; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7817-2

OCLC:

1090868478