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Judicial Review Of Constitutional Transitions: War And Peace And Other Sundry Matters, Rivka Weill
Judicial Review Of Constitutional Transitions: War And Peace And Other Sundry Matters, Rivka Weill
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Constitutional transition periods present a twilight time between two executives. At such times, the outgoing executive's authority is questionable because of the democratic difficulties and agency concerns that arise at the end of the executive's term. Thus, parliamentary systems developed constitutional conventions that restrict caretaker governments' action. These conventions seem to achieve the desired results in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. In contrast, in the United States, the prevailing norm is that there is only one president at a time, and this is the incumbent president, who is fully authorized to govern the country and his or …