Dr Silvia Suteu is Lecturer in Public Law at University College London. Her research interests are broadly in comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. She studies the theory and practice of deliberative constitutional change, constitutional entrenchment and democratic theory, transitional constitutionalism, and gender-sensitive constitution-making. She has been invited to present her work at institutions such as the United Nations Development Program, the European Parliament, the European Court of Human Rights, and OSCE, and has provided legal expertise on constitution building to organizations including Democracy Reporting International, the Euromed Feminist Initiative, International IDEA, and UN Women.

• Introduction: The Rise of Eternity Clauses in Democratic Constitutionalism 1: Eternity and Democratic Precommitment: Unamendability as an Instrument of Militant Democracy 2: Eternity in Post-conflict Constitutions: Unamendability as a Facilitator of Political Settlements 3: Eternity and Expressive Values: Unamendability as the Embodiment of Constitutional Identity 4: Eternity as Judicially-created Doctrine: Implicit Unamendability as the Embodiment of the Constitution's Basic Structure or Minimum Core 5: Eternity in a Global Context: Unamendability, Internationalised Constitution-making and Transnational Values 6: Eternity Faces 'the People': Unamendability and Participatory Constitutional Change 7: Relinquishing Eternity: Amending Unamendability Out of the Constitution Conclusion

Dr Silvia Suteu is Lecturer in Public Law at University College London. Her research interests are broadly in comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. She studies the theory and practice of deliberative constitutional change, constitutional entrenchment and democratic theory, transitional constitutionalism, and gender-sensitive constitution-making. She has been invited to present her work at institutions such as the United Nations Development Program, the European Parliament, the European Court of Human Rights, and OSCE, and has provided legal expertise on constitution building to organizations including Democracy Reporting International, the Euromed Feminist Initiative, International IDEA, and UN Women.

• Introduction: The Rise of Eternity Clauses in Democratic Constitutionalism 1: Eternity and Democratic Precommitment: Unamendability as an Instrument of Militant Democracy 2: Eternity in Post-conflict Constitutions: Unamendability as a Facilitator of Political Settlements 3: Eternity and Expressive Values: Unamendability as the Embodiment of Constitutional Identity 4: Eternity as Judicially-created Doctrine: Implicit Unamendability as the Embodiment of the Constitution's Basic Structure or Minimum Core 5: Eternity in a Global Context: Unamendability, Internationalised Constitution-making and Transnational Values 6: Eternity Faces 'the People': Unamendability and Participatory Constitutional Change 7: Relinquishing Eternity: Amending Unamendability Out of the Constitution Conclusion

Dr Silvia Suteu is Lecturer in Public Law at University College London. Her research interests are broadly in comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. She studies the theory and practice of deliberative constitutional change, constitutional entrenchment and democratic theory, transitional constitutionalism, and gender-sensitive constitution-making. She has been invited to present her work at institutions such as the United Nations Development Program, the European Parliament, the European Court of Human Rights, and OSCE, and has provided legal expertise on constitution building to organizations including Democracy Reporting International, the Euromed Feminist Initiative, International IDEA, and UN Women.

• Introduction: The Rise of Eternity Clauses in Democratic Constitutionalism 1: Eternity and Democratic Precommitment: Unamendability as an Instrument of Militant Democracy 2: Eternity in Post-conflict Constitutions: Unamendability as a Facilitator of Political Settlements 3: Eternity and Expressive Values: Unamendability as the Embodiment of Constitutional Identity 4: Eternity as Judicially-created Doctrine: Implicit Unamendability as the Embodiment of the Constitution's Basic Structure or Minimum Core 5: Eternity in a Global Context: Unamendability, Internationalised Constitution-making and Transnational Values 6: Eternity Faces 'the People': Unamendability and Participatory Constitutional Change 7: Relinquishing Eternity: Amending Unamendability Out of the Constitution Conclusion