Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Galligan, Denis J.

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume analyses the social and political forces that influence constitutions and the process of constitution making. It combines theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions with a range of detailed case studies from nineteen countries. In the first part leading scholars analyse and develop a range of theoretical perspectives, including constitutions as coordination devices, mission statements, contracts, products of domestic power play, transnational documents, and as reflection of the will of the people. In the second part these theories are examined through in-depth case studies of the social and political foundations of constitutions in countries such as Egypt, Nigeria, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Israel, Argentina and others. The result is a multidimensional study of constitutions as social phenomena and their interaction with other social phenomena.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107439764
• Artikelnr.: 39601406

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Theoretical perspectives on the social and
political foundations of constitutions Denis Galligan and Mila Versteeg;
Part II. Theoretical Perspectives: 2. Why a constitution? Russell Hardin;
3. Constitutions as mission statements Jeff King; 4. Transnational
constitutions Benedikt Goderis and Mila Versteeg; 5. The people, the
constitution, and the idea of representation Denis Galligan; 6. The
strategic foundations of constitutions Ran Hirschl; 7. Constitutions as
contract, constitutions as charter Tom Ginsburg; Part III. Case Studies: 8.
Accidental constitutionalism: the political foundations and implications of
constitution making in Israel Adam Shinar; 9. The myth of imposed
constitutionalism in Japan David S. Law; 10. Social, political, and
philosophical foundations of the Irish constitutional order Paul Brady; 11.
South Sudan's dualistic constitution Kevin L. Cope; 12. New Zealand David
Erdos; 13. The juristic republic of Iran Binesh Hass; 14. Neo-Bolivarian
constitutional design: comparing the 1999 Venezuelan, 2008 Ecuadorian, and
2009 Bolivian constitutions Phoebe King; 15. The constitution as agreement
to agree: the social and political foundations (and effects) of the 1971
Egyptian constitution Clark Lombardi; 16. Explaining the
constitutionalization of social rights: Portuguese hypotheses and a cross
national test Pedro Magalhães; 17. Popular constitution making: the case of
Iceland Anne Meuwese; 18. Romania's transnational constitution: a tradition
of elite learning and self-empowerment Christina Parau; 19. The social and
political foundations of the Nigerian constitution Charles H. Parkinson;
20. The once and future democracy: Argentina at the bar of
constitutionalism Miguel Schor; 21. A battle between law and society in
Micronesia Brian Z. Tamanaha; 22. Constitutionalism of shallow foundations:
the case of Bulgaria Daniel Smilov; 23. The shifting foundations of the
European Union constitution Neil Walker.