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Global environmental constitutionalism

open access: yesRevista Opinião Jurídica, 2014
This article supports the perspective that environmental constitutionalism is a global and foundational subject. Considering the novelty and thin base of this only emerging field of inquiry, it aims for making some suggestions for formulating the purpose and scope of environmental constitutionalism in a global range. Moreover, considering that the very
James R. May, Erin Daly
openaire   +3 more sources

Global constitutionalism and/as enlightenment

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
This editorial considers how scholars interested in issues of global constitutionalism should approach the questions that have concerned those interested in enlightenment.
Jared Holley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discussing the nature of the EU: from the inter-state model to global constitutionalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Historically, the European Union has been characterized by different legal formulations. Positions are divided, broadly speaking, between those that understand this entity as an international organization in the classical sense, to those others which ...
Iglesias Sevillano, Héctor
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A sense of self-suspicion: global legal pluralism and the claim to legal authority [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Legal pluralism has become common currency in many contemporary debates on law and globalization. Its main claim is that a form of global legal pluralism represents both the most accurate description of law in times of globalization and the best ...
Croce, Mariano, Goldoni, Marco
core   +3 more sources

Constitutionalizing Connectivity: The Constitutional Grid of World Society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Global law settings are characterized by a structural pre-eminence of connectivity norms, a type of norm which differs from coherency or possibility norms.
Kjaer, Poul F.
core   +1 more source

Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

Global constitutionalism and social movement unionism

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
Strikes against public policies have often been classified as illegal political strikes. Nevertheless, the concept of social movement unionism (SMU) describes how trade unions in some countries have become active players in social struggles, alongside ...
Lilach Litor
doaj   +1 more source

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

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

Constitutionalism beyond territory: Unterritorial democracy, panarchy and pan-citizenship

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility and adaptability of democratic orders. While confinement accelerated cross-border ‘tele-life’, rights and protections remained territorially locked.
David Altman
doaj   +1 more source

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