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This book examines the subject of constitutional unamendability
from comparative, doctrinal, empirical, historical, political and
theoretical perspectives. It explores and evaluates the legitimacy
of unamendability in the various forms that exist in constitutional
democracies. Modern constitutionalism has given rise to a paradox:
can a constitutional amendment be unconstitutional? Today it is
normatively contested but descriptively undeniable that a
constitutional amendment-one that respects the formal procedures of
textual alteration laid down in the constitutional text-may be
invalidated for violating either a written or unwritten
constitutional norm. This phenomenon of an unconstitutional
constitutional amendment traces its political foundations to France
and the United States, its doctrinal origins to Germany, and it has
migrated in some form to all corners of the democratic world. One
can trace this paradox to the concept of constitutional
unamendability. Constitutional unamendability can be understood as
a formally entrenched provision(s) or an informally entrenched norm
that prohibits an alteration or violation of that provision or
norm. An unamendable constitutional provision is impervious to
formal amendment, even with supermajority or even unanimous
agreement from the political actors whose consent is required to
alter the constitutional text. Whether or not it is enforced, and
also by whom, this prohibition raises fundamental questions
implicating sovereignty, legitimacy, democracy and the rule of law.
This book examines the subject of constitutional unamendability
from comparative, doctrinal, empirical, historical, political and
theoretical perspectives. It explores and evaluates the legitimacy
of unamendability in the various forms that exist in constitutional
democracies. Modern constitutionalism has given rise to a paradox:
can a constitutional amendment be unconstitutional? Today it is
normatively contested but descriptively undeniable that a
constitutional amendment-one that respects the formal procedures of
textual alteration laid down in the constitutional text-may be
invalidated for violating either a written or unwritten
constitutional norm. This phenomenon of an unconstitutional
constitutional amendment traces its political foundations to France
and the United States, its doctrinal origins to Germany, and it has
migrated in some form to all corners of the democratic world. One
can trace this paradox to the concept of constitutional
unamendability. Constitutional unamendability can be understood as
a formally entrenched provision(s) or an informally entrenched norm
that prohibits an alteration or violation of that provision or
norm. An unamendable constitutional provision is impervious to
formal amendment, even with supermajority or even unanimous
agreement from the political actors whose consent is required to
alter the constitutional text. Whether or not it is enforced, and
also by whom, this prohibition raises fundamental questions
implicating sovereignty, legitimacy, democracy and the rule of law.
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