Routledge Research in Constitutional Law
About the Book Series
This series features thought-provoking and original scholarship on constitutional law and theory. Books explore key topics, themes and questions in the field with a particular emphasis on comparative studies. Where relevant, titles will engage with political and social theory, philosophy and history in order to offer a rounded analysis of constitutions and constitutional law.
Colonial and Post-colonial Constitutionalism in the Commonwealth: Peace, Order and Good Government
1st Edition
By Hakeem O. Yusuf
April 21, 2016
The peace, order and good government (POGG) clause is found in the constitutions of almost all Commonwealth countries. Since its introduction, the clause has played a significant role in colonial and post-colonial constitutionalism in Commonwealth jurisdictions.This book is the first full length ...
Engineering Constitutional Change: A Comparative Perspective on Europe, Canada and the USA
1st Edition
Edited
By Xenophon Contiades
March 03, 2016
This volume provides a holistic presentation of the reality of constitutional change in 18 countries (the 15 old EU member states, Canada, Switzerland and the USA). The essays offer analysis on formal and informal constitutional amendment bringing forth the overall picture of the parallel paths ...
Freedom of Speech: Importing European and US Constitutional Models in Transitional Democracies
1st Edition
By Uladzislau Belavusau
July 16, 2015
This book considers the issue of free speech in transitional democracies focusing on the socio-legal developments in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. In showing how these Central and Eastern European countries have engaged with free speech models imported from the Council of Europe / EU and...
Dynamics in the French Constitution: Decoding French Republican Ideas
1st Edition
By David Marrani
May 21, 2015
The promulgation of the Fifth French Republic Constitution in 1958 marked the end of a complex constitutional history that has since 1789 seen more than twenty constitutions and five Republics. Lasting now for more than fifty years, the Fifth Republic Constitution has proven to be the right ...
Weak Constitutionalism: Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power
1st Edition
By Joel Colón-Ríos
November 07, 2013
It has been frequently argued that democracy is protected and realized under constitutions that protect certain rights and establish the conditions for a functioning representative democracy. However, some democrats still find something profoundly unsettling about contemporary constitutional ...