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Implementing environmental constitutionalism ::current global challenges /

open access: yes, 2018
Constitutions can play a central role in responding to environmental challenges, such as pollution, biodiversity loss, lack of drinking water, and climate change.
Daly, Erin,, May, James R.,
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The quasi-federal constitution? Taxonomical influences on interpretation of federalism in India

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
Designating India as a ‘Union of States’ under Article 1, the Constitution of India does not adhere to a federal vocabulary. The perusal of the Constituent Assembly Debates establishes this verbiage to be a deliberate choice.
Nidhi Sharma
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The deliberative right to constitutional silence

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
I champion a deliberative right to constitutional silence. It entitles individuals to reflect upon the arguments and reasons in favour or against changing or re-interpreting constitutional content under proper conditions. After reflecting on the place of
Donald Bello Hutt
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Human Rights Courts and Global Constitutionalism

open access: yes, 2019
International courts regularly cite each other, in part as a means of building legitimacy. Such international, cross-court use of precedent (or “judicial dialogue”) among the regional human rights courts and the Human Rights Committee has an additional ...
Sandholtz, Wayne
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State functions and corporate power in fragile states: a constitutionalism approach

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
In fragile contexts, the state is sometimes unable to effectively perform some of its fundamental functions, such as the provision of public services, law-making, or territorial governance.
Francesco Pipicella
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Sovereignty, Difference & Constitutional Pluralism: The European Union and Canada in Dialog

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
Both Canada and the European Union feature multiple overlapping legal systems, each with independent sovereignty claims and distinctive cultural traditions. Courts in both settings have therefore been forced to reckon with ‘constitutional pluralism’.
Keith Cherry
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