Small State Constitutionalism

Elisabeth Perham is Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and Justice at the University of New South Wales, Australia.Maartje De Visser is Associate Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law and College of Integrative Studies, Singapore Management University, Singapore.Rosalind Dixon is a Scientia Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

• 1. On Small State and Constitutionalism, Elisabeth Perham (University of New South Wales, Australia), Maartje De Visser (Singapore Management University) and Rosalind Dixon (University of New South Wales, Australia)Part I: Identity, Culture and Belonging a. Identity, Creation, Survival and Stateness 2. Dyadic Caribbean Constitutions, Tracy Robinson (University of the West Indies, Jamaica)3. Spectrums of 'Stateness': Constitutional Relations Among the Constituent Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Maartje De Visser (Singapore Management University) and Elisabeth Perham (University of New South Wales, Australia)4. Potential Future Small States: The Case of New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Hervé Raimana Lallemant-Moe (University of French Polynesia)5. Traditional Constitutional Arrangements and the Separation of Powers: A Difficult Relationship in Continental Europe Micro Jurisdictions, Elisa Bertolini (Bocconi University, Italy)6. The Fundamental Law of Vatican City State: Hidden Treasures in the Constitution of the World’s Smallest State, Conor Casey (University of Surrey, UK)Part Ib. Legal Culture and Pluralism 7. Small-state Constitutionalism and Legal Pluralism: Logging and Mining Governance in Suriname, Ine Apapoe (Anton de Kom University of Suriname) and Janine Ubink (Leiden University, The Netherlands)8. Constitutional Weaving in Tonga, A Small State with Traditional Authority: A Theoretical Framework for Tonga’s Constitutionalism, Mele Tupou Vaitohi (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)9. The Authoritarian Swazi King, Custom and the Constitution of Eswatini, Sinethemba Memela (University of New South Wales, Australia)Part IC: Citizenship, Belonging and Regional Integration 10. The Construction of Constitutional Identity(ies) by the Caribbean Court of Justice, Se-shauna Wheatle (Durham University, UK)11. A European Union Style Pacific Common Market? Petra Butler (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and Sam McIntosh (High Court of New Zealand)12. Freeing Up the Movement of People: An Incremental Strategy for African Citizenship, Ada Ordor (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Victor Amadi (University of Cape Town, South Africa)Part II: State Design and Operationa. Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances13. Multitasked Office in Pacific Constitutions, Anna Dziedzic (International IDEA, Australia)14. Niue: The Constitutional Journey, Tony Angelo (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) and Jennifer Corrin (University of Queensland, Australia)15. Not the Usual Suspects – Executive Dominance in Seychelles and the Developing Institutions that Could Counter it, Joelle Barnes (University of Cape Town, South Africa)16. And ‘At His Majesty’s Pleasure’: the Constitution, Law and Ideology in the Small Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam, Ann Black (University of Queensland, Australia)17. The Struggle for Democratic Government in Malta, John Stanton (City St George's, University of London, UK)Part IIB: Mediating Division18. Mauritius and Constitutionalism: The Interplay of Smallness, Constitutional Dynamics, and International Relations, Tony Angelo Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) and Sabir Kadel (Mauritius Law Reform Commission)19. A Tale of Self-Fulfilling Constitutional Failure: The Role of 'Smallness' in the Cyprus Constitutional Breakdown of 1963, Christos Papastylianos (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)