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Author | : Andrea Bonime-blanc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2019-10-02 |
Genre | : Constitutional history |
ISBN | : 9780367288525 |
After the death of longtime dictator Generalissimo Franco in 1975, King Juan Carlos acted decisively to institute a dramatic change in Spanish politics. By appointing an unknown Christian democrat, Adolfo Suarez, as prime minister, the king paved the way for the transformation of Spain from an authoritarian regime to a liberal democracy. Central to this singular transition was the formulation of the new Spanish constitution, an unusual process of political give and take. Dr. Bonime-Blanc examines the evolutionary phases of the constitution-making process, describing the conflicts, maneuvers, and compromises of the principal political players involved. Analyzing the negotiations and their constitutional results, she pinpoints the factors that make a successful transition to democracy possible. In her closing chapter, the author illustrates the lessons of the Spanish case and their practical implications for future transitions to democracy.
Author | : Laurel E. Miller |
Publisher | : US Institute of Peace Press |
Total Pages | : 737 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1601270550 |
Analyzing nineteen cases, this title offers practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms.
Author | : Francesco Biagi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2020-01-02 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108489397 |
A comparative perspective of role played by three generations of European Constitutional Courts in the process of transition to democracy.
Author | : Vivien Hart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Constitutional law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Donald L. Horowitz |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2013-03-25 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107027276 |
How did democracy became entrenched in the world's largest Muslim-majority country? After the fall of its authoritarian regime in 1998, Indonesia pursued an unusual course of democratization. It was insider-dominated and gradualist and it involved free elections before a lengthy process of constitutional reform. At the end of the process, Indonesia's amended constitution was essentially a new and thoroughly democratic document. By proceeding as they did, the Indonesians averted the conflict that would have arisen between adherents of the old constitution and proponents of radical, immediate reform. Donald L. Horowitz documents the decisions that gave rise to this distinctive constitutional process. He then traces the effects of the new institutions on Indonesian politics and discusses their shortcomings and their achievements in steering Indonesia away from the dangers of polarization and violence. He also examines the Indonesian story in the context of comparative experience with constitutional design and intergroup conflict.
Author | : S. Wing |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2008-04-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0230612075 |
This book explores the process by which constitutions and democratic institutions are constructed. Wing focuses on how innovative constitutional dialogues involving participation, negotiation, and recognition of groups previously excluded from political decision-making may be the key to a legitimate constitution.
Author | : George Anderson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2019-03-07 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0192573616 |
This collection of essays surveys the full range of challenges that territorial conflicts pose for constitution-making processes and constitutional design. It provides seventeen in-depth case studies of countries going through periods of intense constitutional engagement in a variety of contexts: small distinct territories, bi-communal countries, highly diverse countries with many politically salient regions, and countries where territorial politics is important but secondary to other bases for political mobilization. Specific examples are drawn from Iraq, Kenya, Cyprus, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the UK (Scotland), Ukraine, Bolivia, India, Spain, Yemen, Nepal, Ethiopia, Indonesia (Aceh), the Philippines (Mindanao), and Bosnia-Herzegovina. While the volume draws significant normative conclusions, it is based on a realist view of the complexity of territorial and other political cleavages (the country's "political geometry"), and the power configurations that lead into periods of constitutional engagement. Thematic chapters on constitution-making processes and constitutional design draw original conclusions from the comparative analysis of the case studies and relate these to the existing literature, both in political science and comparative constitutional law. This volume is essential reading for scholars of federalism, consociational power-sharing arrangements, asymmetrical devolution, and devolution more generally. The combination of in-depth case studies and broad thematic analysis allows for analytical and normative conclusions that will be of major relevance to practitioners and advisors engaged in constitutional design.
Author | : Tom Ginsburg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107047668 |
This volume explores the form and function of constitutions in countries without the fully articulated institutions of limited government.
Author | : Donald L. Horowitz |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2021-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0300254369 |
From one of our leading scholars of comparative constitutionalism, advice for everyone involved in the surprisingly common practice of constitution-writing Enhancing prospects for democracy is an important objective in the process of creating a new constitution. Donald L. Horowitz argues that constitutional processes ought to be geared to securing commitment to democracy by those who participate in them. Using evidence from numerous constitutional processes, he makes a strong case for a process intended to increase the likelihood of a democratic outcome. He also assesses tradeoffs among various process attributes and identifies some that might impede democratic outcomes. This book provides a fresh perspective on constitutional processes that will interest students and scholars. It also offers sound advice for everyone involved in the surprisingly common practice of constitution‑writing.
Author | : J nos Kis |
Publisher | : Central European University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789639241329 |
Janos Kis outlines a new theory of constitutional democracy. Addresses the widely held belief that liberal democracy embodies an uneasy compromise of incompatible values: those of liberal rights on the one hand, and democratic equality on the other. Liberalism is said to compromise democracy, while democracy is said to endanger the values of liberalism.