Del i serien Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy

Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes

Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Growing public discontent with the performance and quality of many contemporary democracies makes them vulnerable to popular pressures to profoundly transform or replace their constitutions. However, there is little systematic academic discussion on the legal and political challenges that these events pose to democratic principles and practices. This book, a collaborative effort by legal scholars and political scientists, analyzes these challenges from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. It fills a theoretical vacuum by examining the possibility that constitutions might be replaced within a democratic regime, while exploring the conditions under which these processes are more compatible or less compatible with democratic principles. It also calls attention to the real-world political importance of the phenomenon, because recent episodes of constitutional redrafting in countries including Kenya, Poland, Venezuela and Hungary suggest that some aspects of these processes may be associated with either the improvement or the gradual erosion of democracy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-09-17
Mått160 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieComparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Antal sidor264
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108839846

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Gabriel Negretto is Associate Professor, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Specializing in comparative constitutional politics, institutional change, and democratization, he is the author of Making Constitutions: Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America (2013). Negretto has been a consultant to various international organizations and has held visiting appointments at several universities in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America.

1. Introduction: new constitutions in democratic regimes Gabriel L. Negretto; Part I. Conceptual, Normative, and Empirical Issues: 2. Constitution making through law Joel Colón-Ríos; 3. Expanding revision clauses in democratic constitutions William Partlett; 4. Courts and constitution making in democratic regimes: a contextual approach David Landau; 5. Replacing constitutions in democratic regimes: elite cooperation and citizen participation Gabriel L. Negretto; Part II. Case Studies: 6. The difference power diffusion makes: explaining divergent outcomes in Colombia (1990–1991) and Venezuela (1998–1999) Ana María Bejarano and Renata Segura; 7. Procedural rules and majoritarian politics in Poland (1993–1997) and Hungary (2010–2011) Gabriel L. Negretto and Solongo Wandan; 8. Thailand's democratic moment: the 1997 constitution Tom Ginsburg; 9. Political elites and the people: Kenya's decade-long constitution-making process Christina Murray; 10. The anatomy of constitution making: from Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017 Thorvaldur Gylfason.

'This book is an excellent collection on the processes of constitutional creation in democratic regimes. Combining detailed empirical studies with theoretical approaches to challenging texts, this valuable work will undoubtedly enrich the field of comparative constitutionalism. A must-read for legal and political theorists interested in the topic.' Roberto Gargarella, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, School of Law