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Populist Constitutionalism in Brazil and Peru: Historical and Contextual Issues

Lentera Hukum, 2022
Given populism's common practice in South America, the region provides a crucial case to identify populism as a prevalent strategy by different ideologies.
Eleonora Mesquita Ceia
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Russian Constitutional Development: Formal and Informal Practices

BRICS Law Journal, 2019
Transitional constitutionalism remains the subject of intensive political controversy. Based on a project made possible by the Institute of Law and Public Policy (Moscow) this article presents the analysis of the basic constitutional principles of ...
A. Medushevskiy
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Una aproximación al constitucionalismo latinoamericano, características principales y nuevas tendencias // An approach to the Latin-American constitutionalism, main characteristics, and new trends.

Revista de Derecho Político, 2017
Resumen: El presente trabajo es una primera aproximación a las diversas manifestaciones del constitucionalismo en América Latina, a partir de algunas referencias comunes: Revolución Francesa, Derecho Comparado y alusiones a la modernidad.
Carlos Hakansson
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The Taliban, Afghan constitutionalism and modern Islamic law states: renegotiating the balance of religious and secular law

Global Constitutionalism
Reflecting on the Islamic law–secular law balance in past Afghan constitutional regimes and contemporary Taliban rule, this paper contextualizes Afghan constitutionalism in a broad spectrum of constitutional traditions present in other Islamic law states
Emilia Justyna Powell, Joshua Paldino
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Centralised by Design: Anglocentric Constitutionalism, Accountability and the Failure of English Devolution

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 189-198, January/March 2025.
Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
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Change and Continuity in British Politics: Can the Starmer Government's Approach to Governance Resolve the Crisis in the British State without Radical Reform?

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 140-148, January/March 2025.
Abstract In this article, the key dilemmas that will confront the new Labour administration in Britain during its initial period in power are examined. The Starmer government is seeking to use the state pragmatically to improve British economic performance, stem the crisis in public services and strengthen the strategic capacity of Whitehall.
Patrick Diamond, David Richards, Sam Warner   +2 more
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Constitutionalizing dissent: The universe of opposition rules in African constitutions

Global Constitutionalism
Constitutions are the most important legal foundation of politics. At the same time, the existence of a viable parliamentary opposition has been regarded one of the most distinctive characteristics of democracy.
Danny Schindler
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The Interaction between Private and Public Actors: Traditional Principles versus New Trends<br>A Comparative Analysis

Utrecht Law Review, 2018
Public law has changed markedly over the last two decades, a phenomenon which is attributable to various causes. This paper offers a brief overview of the state of the Italian administration and its relationship to citizens and civil society, in order to
Simona Rodriquez
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John Gray: ‘Americanism’ and the Perversion of Post‐liberalism

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article will make the case for John Gray's inclusion in the canon of post‐liberals despite his protests to the contrary, and will argue that his peculiar post‐liberalism is important for its challenges to the dominance of liberalism as both a political culture and way of theorising the ends of politics based on the model of the American ...
Paul Kelly
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Who Is a Patriotic Man? Rethinking Hegemonic Masculinity in Modern Iran

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the analytical viability of the concept of “hegemonic masculinity” in the historical study of masculinities in early‐twentieth‐century Iran (c.1890–1941). It argues that a radical problematizing of the concepts of hegemony, class, “the West,” and patriotism helps us move beyond the binaries of Western‐Iranian and modern ...
Ali Hashemian
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