Routledge Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Change

469 Pages·2020·8.606 MB·English

by  Xenophon Contiades (editor), Alkmene Fotiadou (editor)

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF
COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL
CHANGE
Comparative constitutional change has recently emerged as a distinct field in the study of
constitutional law. It is the study of the way constitutions change through formal and infor-
mal mechanisms, including amendment, replacement, total and partial revision, adaptation,
interpretation, disuse and revolution. The shift of focus from constitution-making to consti-
tutional change makes sense, since amendment power is the means used to refurbish consti-
tutions in established democracies, enhance their adaptation capacity and boost their
efficacy. Adversely, constitutional change is also the basic apparatus used to orchestrate con-
stitutional backslide as the erosion of liberal democracies and democratic regression is
increasingly affected through legal channels of constitutional change.
Routledge Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Change provides a comprehensive refer-
ence tool for all those working in the field and a thorough landscape of all theoretical and
practical aspects of the topic. Coherence from this aspect does not suggest a common view,
as the chapters address different topics, but reinforces the establishment of comparative con-
stitutional change as a distinct field. The book brings together the most respected scholars
working in the field, and presents a genuine contribution to comparative constitutional stud-
ies, comparative public law, political science and constitutional history.
Xenophon Contiades is Professor of Public Law, Panteion University and President of the
Centre for European Constitutional Law, Athens, Greece.
Alkmene Fotiadou is a Research Fellow at the Centre for European Constitutional Law,
Athens, Greece.

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK
OF COMPARATIVE
CONSTITUTIONAL
CHANGE
Edited by Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou
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CONTENTS
Notesoncontributors viii
Acknowledgements x
1 Introduction.Comparativeconstitutionalchange:anewacademic
field 1
XenophonContiadesandAlkmeneFotiadou
PARTI
Thestudyofcomparativeconstitutionalchange:theoretical
andmethodologicalaspects 23
2 Comparativemethodologyandconstitutionalchange 25
JaakkoHusa
3 Orderfromchaos?Typologiesandmodelsofconstitutionalchange 45
OranDoyle
4 Constitutionalendurance 61
TomGinsburg
5 Constitutionalamendmentversusconstitutionalreplacement:an
empiricalcomparison 74
DavidS.LawandRyanWhalen
6 Varietiesofliberalconstitutionalism 101
MarkTushnet
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Contents
PARTII
Formalconstitutionalchange 115
7 Formalamendmentrules:functionsanddesign 117
RichardAlbert
8 Constitutionaldesignthroughamendment 136
ManfredStelzer
9 Theusesandabusesofconstitutionalunamendability 150
YanivRoznai
10 Federalismandconstitutionalchange 167
NathalieBehnkeandArthurBenz
11 Participatoryconstitutionalchange:constitutionalreferendums 182
EoinCarolan
PARTIII
Informalconstitutionalchange 199
12 Politicalpracticeandconstitutionalchange 201
DavidFeldman
13 Judge-madeconstitutionalchange 217
JoelI.Colón-Ríos
14 Globalvalues,internationalorganizationsandconstitutionalchange 231
HelleKrunke
15 Crises,emergenciesandconstitutionalchange 245
GiacomoDelledonne
16 Thematerialstudyofconstitutionalchange 261
MarcoGoldoniandTarikOlcay
PARTIV
Contemporarychallengesinthetheoryandpracticeofcomparative
constitutionalchange 275
17 ConstituentpowerandEuropeanconstitutionalism 277
ChrisThornhill
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Contents
18 Populismandconstitutionalchange 294
PaulBlokker
19 ThedemocraticbackslidingintheEuropeanUnionandthechallenge
ofconstitutionaldesign 312
TomaszTadeuszKoncewicz
20 Constitutionandself-determination 328
ZoranOklopcic
21 Genderincomparativeconstitutionalchange 345
SilviaSuteu
PARTV
Casestudies:distinctprofilesofconstitutionalchange 367
22 ThefutureofUKconstitutionallaw 369
RobertBlackburn
23 ConstitutionalchangeinAustralia:theparadoxofthefrozen
continent 388
ElisaArcioniandAdrienneStone
24 PreservationistconstitutionalchangeinLatinAmerica:thecasesof
ChileandBrazil 403
JulianoZaidenBenvindo
25 Informalconstitutionalchangeinunlikelyplaces:thecaseofSouth
Africa 421
JamesFowkes
26 ConstitutionalchangesinJapan 435
YasuoHasebe
Index 449
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CONTRIBUTORS
Richard Albert is William Stamps Farish Professor in Law and Professor of Government,
The University of Texas at Austin
Elisa Arcioni is Associate Professor, University of Sydney Law School
Nathalie Behnke is Professor, Institute of Political Science, Technical University of
Darmstadt
Juliano Zaiden Benvindo is Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Brasília; CNPq
Research Fellow
Arthur Benz is Professor, Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
Robert Blackburn QC is Professor of Constitutional Law, Kings College London
Paul Blokker is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Business Law, University
of Bologna
Eoin Carolan is Full Professor, Centre for Constitutional Studies, University CollegeDublin
Joel I. Colón-Ríos is Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
Xenophon Contiades is Professor of Public Law, Panteion University; President of the
Centre for European Constitutional Law, Athens, Greece
Giacomo Delledonne is Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Public Law, Istituto di
diritto, politica e sviluppo (Dirpolis), Scuola superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
Oran Doyle is Professor in Law, Trinity College Dublin
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Contributors
David Feldman is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law; Emeritus Fellow of
Downing College, University of Cambridge
Alkmene Fotiadou is Research Fellow, Centre for European Constitutional Law
James Fowkes is Professor of Foreign and International Law, University of Münster
Tom Ginsburg is Leo Spitz Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Sci-
ence, University of Chicago
Marco Goldoni is Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Glasgow University
Yasuo Hasebe is Professor of Law, Waseda Law School
Jaakko Husa is Professor in Law and Globalisation, University of Helsinki
Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz is Professor of Law, Director of the Department of Euro-
pean and Comparative Law, University of Gdanˊsk
Helle Krunke is Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
David S. Law is Sir Y.K. Pao Chair in Public Law, University of Hong Kong; Professor,
University of California, Irvine School of Law; Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylva-
nia Law School
Zoran Oklopcic is Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University,
Ottawa
Tarik Olcay is Lecturer in Law at the University of Dundee
Yaniv Roznai is Associate Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center
Herzliya
Manfred Stelzer is Professor, University of Vienna
Adrienne Stone is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian
Laureate Fellow, Melbourne Law School
Silvia Suteu is Lecturer in Public Law, Faculty of Laws, University College London
Chris Thornhill is Professor in Law, University of Manchester
Mark Tushnet is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Ryan Whalen is Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
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