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From Origin To Delta: Changing Landscape Of Modern Constitutionalism, Jiunn-Rong Yeh, Wen-Chen Chang
From Origin To Delta: Changing Landscape Of Modern Constitutionalism, Jiunn-Rong Yeh, Wen-Chen Chang
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This article deals with the question of whether and to what extent the two forces of democratization and globalization have altered our understandings of constitutionalism. We attempt to theorize a changing landscape of constitutionalism that includes transitional and transnational perspectives and examine respectively their features, functions and characteristics. First, we analyze respective developments of transitional and transnational constitutionalism by identifying their features, perspectives, functions, and characteristics. Then we examine to what extent and in what ways the developments in transitional and transnational constitutionalism pose challenges to our traditional understanding of modern constitutional laws. Finally, we shall picture a new constitutional …
Theocratic Constitutionalism: An Introduction To A New Global Legal Ordering, Larry Catá Backer
Theocratic Constitutionalism: An Introduction To A New Global Legal Ordering, Larry Catá Backer
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The twentieth century has seen a fundamental shift in the ways in which constitutions are understood. By the middle of the twentieth century, a new sort of constitutionalism emerged, rejecting the idea of the legitimacy of every form of political selfconstitution. The central assumptions of this new constitutionalism were grounded in the belief that not all constitutions were legitimate, and that legitimate constitutions shared a number of universal common characteristics. These common characteristics were both procedural (against arbitrary use of state power) and substantive (limiting the sorts of policy choices states could make in constituting its government and exercising governance …
Perspectives On Post-Conflict Constitutionalism: Reflections On Regime Change Through External Constitutionalization, Ulrich K. Preuss
Perspectives On Post-Conflict Constitutionalism: Reflections On Regime Change Through External Constitutionalization, Ulrich K. Preuss
NYLS Law Review
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Introduction, Ruti Teitel
On The Specificity Of Middle Eastern Constitutionalism, Chibli Mallat
On The Specificity Of Middle Eastern Constitutionalism, Chibli Mallat
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
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