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Chile’s Constitutional Reform Process Rebooted

open access: yes, 2022
Almost two years after about 80 per cent of Chileans voted for comprehensive constitutional reform and the election of a Constitutional Convention, the new draft constitution was roundly rejected by the voters in a 4 September referendum. Since the majority of those who rejected the proposal are in favour of a new constitution, the constitution-making ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The Purchase of Insurance Across State Lines in the Individual Insurance Market [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Proposals to allow the purchase of insurance across state lines (PASL) have gained some support in recent years. Health insurers have traditionally been allowed to sell a policy only within the state that approved and regulates that particular policy ...
Kanwit, Stephanie W
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Senedd Reform: From Aspiration to Cold‐Headed Reality?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 164-172, January/March 2025.
Abstract In May 2024, the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill completed its legislative journey through the Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament. The bill marks the latest chapter in the Senedd's evolution from an assembly established with no formally separated executive branch and no primary legislative powers into a lawmaking and tax‐raising ...
Adam Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Constitutionalization of legal policy in modern Russia

open access: yesПравоприменение, 2018
The subject. The paper is devoted to the constitutional basis of modern legal policy.The purpose of the paper is to confirm or disprove the hypothesis that constitutional concept of legal policy is necessary basis of reform of legal relations between ...
D. Avdeev
doaj   +1 more source

Open the Jail Cell Doors, HAL: A Guarded Embrace of Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In recent years, criminal justice reformers have focused their attention on pretrial detention as a uniquely solvable contributor to the horrors of modern mass incarceration. While reform of bail practices can take many forms, one of the most pioneering
Dalakian, Glen J., II
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Centralised by Design: Anglocentric Constitutionalism, Accountability and the Failure of English Devolution

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

Malleable Constitutions: Reflections on State Constitutional Reform [PDF]

open access: yes
While the U.S. Constitution is difficult to amend, most states constitutions are much easier to amend. This essay explores the implications of easily amended constitutions on the nature and quality of government.
Bruce Cain, Roger Noll
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Turkey and the Codification of Autocracy. CEPS Policy Insights No 2017/10 March 2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Turkey’s Parliament has approved a constitutional reform bill that will come into effect if approved in the national referendum on 16 April 2017. This controversial package seeks to replace the current parliamentary system with a fully fledged executive ...
Blockmans, Steven., Yilmaz , Sinem
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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?

open access: yesThe 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 2024 Reform of the EU Judicial System and the Transformation of the Court of Justice into a Constitutional Court

open access: yesEuropean Papers
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2025 10(3), 837-862 | Article | (Table of Contents) 1. Introduction. – 2. Approaching constitutionalisation. – 3.
Tanja Hilpold
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