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Constitutionalism and democracy: transitions in the contemporary world : the American Council of Learned Societies comparative constitutionalism papers

Douglas Greenberg, Stanley N. Katz, Melanie Beth Oliviero and Steven C. Wheatley
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Contributors (page ix)
  • Introduction (page xv)
  • I Transitions
    • 1. Constitutions, Constitutionalism, and Democracy (Walter F. Murphy, page 3)
    • 2. Constitutionalism in Europe Since 1945: Reconstruction and Reappraisal (Nevil Johnson, page 26)
    • 3. Transition to Democracy, Corporatism, and Presidentialism with Special Reference to Latin America (Carlos Santiago Nino, page 46)
    • 4. Constitutions Without Constitutionalism: Reflections on an African Political Paradox (H.W.O Okoth-Ogendo, page 65)
  • II Human Rights
    • 5. Human Rights in Constitutional Order and in Political Practice in Latin America (Hugo E. Frühling, page 85)
    • 6. The National Question, Secession and Constitutionalism: The Mediation of Competing Claims to Self-Determination (Abdullahi An-Na'im, page 105)
    • 7. European Courts and Human Rights (Ludger Kühnkardt, page 126)
    • 8. Social Movements, Constitutionalism, and Human Rights: Comments from the Malaysian and Indonesian Experiences (Daniel S. Lev, page 139)
  • III Pluralism and Nationalsim
    • 9. Uses and Usurpation of Constitutional Ideology (Radhika Coomeraswamy, page 159)
    • 10. Social Movements and Constitutionalism: The African Context (Mahmood Mamdani, page 172)
    • 11. The Theory of the State in the Third World and the Problematics of Constitutionalism (Yash Ghai, page 186)
    • 12. Constitutionalism and the Nationalist Discourse: The Indian Experience (Tapan Raychaudhuri, page 197)
  • IV Institutional Arrangements
    • 13. Reconstructing Political Space: Militarism and Constitutionalism in Africa (Eboe Hutchful, page 215)
    • 14. Providing for the Common Defense: What Latin American Constitutions Have to Say About The Region's Armed Forces (Juan Rial, page 235)
    • 15. Parliamentary Democracy in Europe 1992: Tentative Questions and Answers (Joseph H.H. Weiler, page 249)
  • V Constitutional Conundrums in Europe
    • 16. The Necessity and Impossibility of Simultaneous Economic and Political Reform (Jon Elster, page 267)
    • 17. Parliamentary Crisis and How to Strengthen Democracy (Klaus von Beyme, page 275)
    • 18. Iberian Case Study: The Constitutionalism of Democratization (Jordi Solé Tura, page 287)
    • 19. The Role of the State: Contradictions in the Transition to Democracy (Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, page 300)
    • 20. Perspectives on the Current Constitutional Situation in Poland (Wiktor Osiatynski, page 312)
    • 21. Rule by Law in East Central Europe: Is The Emperor's New Suit a Straightjacket? (András Sajó and Vera Losonci, page 321)
  • VI Reflections on Constitutionalism
    • 22. Latin America: Constitutionalism and the Political Traditions of Liberalism and Socialism (Atilio A. Borón, page 339)
    • 23. Constitutionalism: A Timely Revival (Julio Faundez, page 354)
    • 24. The Crisis of Constitutionalism: South Asian Perspectives (Neelan Tiruchelvam, page 361)
    • 25. Constitutionalism in Africa: Some Conclusions (Samuel C. Nolutshungu, page 366)
  • Index (page 379)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JIH 26.2 (Autumn, 1995): 272-273 http://www.jstor.org/stable/206614
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Published: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • 9780195361254 (ebook)
  • 9780195071078 (hardcover)
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