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Constitutionalism and democracy :

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0195071077 (acid-free paper) :$55.00

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Constitutionalism and democracy :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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transitions in the contemporary world : the American Council of Learned Societies comparative constitutionalism papers /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Douglas Greenberg ... [et al.].

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1993.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxiii, 391 p. ;

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24 cm.

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Papers from a series of international conferences organized by the American Council of Learned Societies.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Constitutions, constitutionalism, and democracy / Walter F. Murphy -- Constitutionalism in Europe since 1945: reconstruction and reappraisal / Nevil Johnson -- Transition to democracy, corporatism, and presidentialism with special reference to Latin America / Carlos Santiago Nino -- Constitutions without constitutionalism: reflections on an African political paradox / H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo -- Human rights in constitutional order and in political practice in Latin America / Hugo E. Fruhling -- National question, secession and constitutionalism: the mediation of competing claims to self- determination / Abdullahi An-Na'im -- European courts and human rights / Ludger Kuhnhardt -- Social movements, constitutionalism, and human rights: comments from the Malaysian and Indonesian experiences / Daniel S. Lev

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Iberian case study: the constitutionalism of democratization / Jordi Sole Tura -- Role of the state: contradictions in the transition to democracy / Lena Kolarska-Bobinska -- Perspectives on the current constitutional situation in Poland / Wiktor Osiatynski - - Rule by law in east central Europe: is the emperor's new suit a straightjacket? / Andras Sajo and Vera Losonci -- Latin America: contitutionalism and the political traditions of liberalism and socialism / Atilio A. Boron -- Constitutionalism: a timely revival / Julio Faundez -- Crisis of constitutionalism: South Asian perspectives / Neelan Tiruchelvam -- Constitutionalism in Africa: some conclusions / Samuel C. Nolutshungu

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Uses and usurpation of constitutional ideology / Radhika Coomeraswamy -- Social movements and constitutionalism: the African context / Mahmood Mamdani -- Theory of the state in the third world and the problematics of constitutionalism / Yash Ghai -- Constitutionalism and the nationalist discourse: the Indian experience / Tapan Raychaudhuri -- Reconstructing political space: militarism and constitutionalism in Africa / Eboe Hutchful -- Providing for the common defense: what Latin American constitutions have to say about the regions's armed forces / Juan Rial -- Parliamentary democracy in Europe 1992: tentative questions and answers / Joseph H. H. Weiler -- Necessity and impossibility of simultaneous economic and political reform / Jon Elster -- Parliamentary crisis and how to strengthen democracy / Klaus von Beyme

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Constitutional history-- Congresses.

Constitutional law-- Congresses.

Democracy-- Congresses.

Representative government and representation-- Congresses.

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Greenberg, Douglas.

American Council of Learned Societies.

Date of Transaction

19970211125418.0

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