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debating foundational texts of constitutional democracy and human rights
This edited collection asks what texts are key to our understanding of the shared values of constitutional democracy and human rights from a comparative law perspective. The volume explores this idea of 'canonical' texts as part of a broader conversation about the field and the future of comparative constitutionalism.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- I. Introduction -- II. Why Canons? -- III. Methodology -- IV. Outline -- V. Conclusion -- Part I Foundations -- 2 A Global Constitutional Canon V Quasi-Canon?: Towards a More Informed and Inclusive Comparative Constitutionalism -- I. Introduction -- II. A Global Canon V Quasi-Canon: Definitions and Criteria -- III. Conclusion -- 3 The Jurisprudences of Canons of Comparative Constitutional Law -- I. Introduction: Legal Canons and Their Jurisprudence(s)
II. A Canon for Liberal Democratic Comparative Constitutional Law -- III. A Canon for Human Flourishing Comparative Constitutional Law -- IV. A Canon for Comparative Constitutional Law as Comparative Politics -- V. A Canon for Legal Realist Comparative Constitutional Law -- VI. Conclusion: The Attractions of Eclecticism -- 4 Emmanuel Sieyès, 'What Is the Third Estate?' (1789) -- I. Introduction -- II. The Historical Context -- III. Sieyès' Theory of the Constituent Power -- IV. The Bright Side of the Theory of the Constituent Power -- V. The Impossibility of a Legally Unlimited Constituent Power
VI. The Constituent Power and the Death of God -- 5 A Haitian Turn -- I. The Canon and the Hidden Faces of Constitutional Modernity -- II. Maroon Constitutions -- III. Layered Narratives -- 6 Exemplary But Not Canonical The South African Voters Rights Cases -- I. 'Canonical' Or 'Exemplary'? -- II. The Voters' Rights Cases -- III. We, the People? -- IV. The Impact -- V. Constitutionalism and Legal Theory in Divided Societies -- 7 A Constitutional Canon for Africa -- I. Introduction -- II. 'There Shall Be in Kenya Only One Political Party': The Anti-Canonical Act No. 7 of 1982
III. '... There Shall Be Convened a National Conference ...': The Canonical Decree No. 90-40 -- 8 The Mexican Constitution of 1917: A Canon for Latin American Constitutionalism -- I. Introduction -- II. Revolution Idolatry and Constitutional Subordination -- III. The "Permanent Constituent Power" and the Preservation of the Hyper-Presidential Identity -- IV. Conclusion -- Part II Structures -- 9 Separation of Powers -- I. Introduction -- II. The Constitution of the United States of America -- III. Liyanage V The Queen (1965) -- IV. The Counter Canon: Brunei's Constitution -- V. Conclusion
10 Global Canons, Term Limits, and the Constituent Power Theory -- I. Introduction -- II. Methodological Remarks -- III. The Colombian Constitutional Court and the 2010 Uribe Ruling -- IV. The Bolivian Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal and the 2017 Morales Ruling -- V. On Canons and Anticanons -- VI. Conclusion -- 11 The Canon of "Constitutional Unamendability" and "Basic Structure Doctrine" in Global Constitutional Studies -- I. Introduction -- II. The Concept of Constitutional Unamendability -- III. Challenges to the Canons: Constitutional Relativity
edited by Sujit Choudhry, Michaela Hailbronner, Mattias Kumm.
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