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Constitutions and Constitutional Design
2022This chapter introduces constitutions as the foundational legal frameworks that define and structure political systems, delineating the powers of different branches and levels of government. It explores key concepts such as federalism and unitarism, contrasting systems where power is constitutionally shared between central and subnational governments ...
J. Tyler Dickovick +3 more
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Journal of Economic Theory, 2002
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C. AZARIADIS, GALASSO, VINCENZO
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On Constitutions and Constitutional Theory
2023This chapter starts by exploring three varieties of constitutional theory: normative, conceptual and positive. It then offers an account of the basic concept of a constitution, noting how it differs from its various conceptions. This section also defends the analytical structure of this volume into values, modalities and institutions as part of the ...
Richard Bellamy, Jeff King
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Museums as Constitutions: A Commentary on Constitutions and Constitution Making
Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2013Constitutional theorists frequently take the constitutional arrangement as their primary focus of critique. Indeed, for many constitutional scholars, the constitution is presumed as the central place from which to navigate and negotiate political community.
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The Imaginary Constitution of Constitutions
Social Imaginaries, 2017The modern constitution is predominantly understood as a way of instituting and limiting power, and is expected to contribute to (societal) stability, certainty, and order. Constitutions are hence of clear sociological interest, but until recently they have received little sociological attention.
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What constitutes a constitutional amendment culture?
European Journal of Political Economy, 2019Why are some constitutions amended frequently and others hardly at all? An obvious candidate determinant is constitutional rigidity, i.e., the size and number of procedural barriers to amendment. Given some demand for amendment, greater rigidity implies a smaller supply.
Danko Tarabar, Andrew T. Young
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Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Courts as Guardians of the Constitution?
Constellations, 2012A great number of petitions reached the Hungarian Constitutional Court concerning the November 2010 constitutional amendments that sought to curtail the Court‟s powers and allow for the possibility of implementing a tax measure with retroactive effect. In their decision 61/2011. (VII. 13.), which was accompanied by three dissenting and three concurring
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‘The Constitution, the Whole Constitution, Nothing But the Constitution’
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