Constitutionalism without Adjectives

Special Issue, Constitutionalism without Adjectives, Percorsi Costituzionali, No. 3/2020

This Special Issue develops the work of the IACL Research Group on Constitutionalism in Illiberal Democracies, coordinated by Professor Justin O. Frosini and Professor Ricardo Ramirez Calvo. 

In particular, it focuses on hybrid and authoritarian regimes that emerged in Central Asia following the post-Cold War wave of democratization. Through a selection of specific topics, such as the role of constitutions, constitutional justice, political pluralism and the Eurasian Economic Union, the authors explore the political and constitutional development in the region with the complex relationship between constitutionalism and authoritarianism as the focal point. The aim of this research is to show the ways in which constitutionalism, although traditionally associated with democracy-building and democratic consolidation, can actually be manipulated in favour of authoritarianism. Although the emphasis of this study is on the role of constitutionalism in contemporary non-democratic regimes, it also contains much that will be of interest for scholars of transitional studies, and comparative politics.  

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