The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment (Hardcover)

There is growing interest in constitutional amendment from a comparative perspective. Comparative constitutional amendment is the study of how constitutions change through formal and informal means, including alteration, revision, evolution, interpretation, replacement and revolution. The field invites scholars to draw insights about constitutional change across borders and cultures, to uncover the motivations behind constitutional change, to theorise best practices, and to identify the theoretical underpinnings of constitutional change. This volume is designed to guide the emergence of comparative constitutional amendment as a distinct field of study in public law. Much of the recent scholarship in the field has been written by the scholars assembled in this volume. This book, like the field it hopes to shape, is not comparative alone; it is also doctrinal, historical and theoretical, and therefore offers a multiplicity of perspectives on a subject about which much remains to be written. This book aspires to be the first to address comprehensively the new dimensions of the study of constitutional amendment, and will become a reference point for all scholars working on the subject. The volume covers all of the topics where innovative work is being done, such as the notion of the people, the trend of empirical quantitative approaches to constitutional change, unamendability, sunrise clauses, constitutional referenda, the conventional divide between constituent and constituted powers, among other important subjects. It creates a dialogue that cuts through these innovative conceptualisations and highlights scholarly disagreement and, in so doing, puts ideas to the test. The volume therefore captures the fierce ongoing debates on the relevant topics, it reveals the current trends and contested issues, and it offers a variety of arguments elaborated by prominent experts in the field. It will open the way for further dialogue.

General

Imprint:	Hart Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law
Release date:	July 2017
Editors:	Richard Albert • Xenophon Contiades • Alkmene Fotiadou
Dimensions:	244 x 169 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-5099-0825-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Comparative law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Promotions
LSN:	1-5099-0825-0
Barcode:	9781509908257

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