Edited by Ngoc SON BUI and Mara MALAGODI

This is the first in a 4 volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in 19 Asian jurisdictions. This volume explores…

Tom GINSBURG and Benjamin SCHONTHAL

Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive account of the entanglements of Buddhism and constitutional law in…

Edited by Kriszta KOVÀCS

This open access book asks whether there is space for particularism in a constitutional democracy which would limit the implementation of EU law. National identity claims…

Edited by Swati JHAVERI, Tarunabh KHAITAN and Dinesha SAMARATNE

This book presents an important contribution to the South Asia-centric literature on the topic of the stability and resilience of constitutional democracies. Chapters deal not only with relatively well known South Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and…

Michel ROSENFELD

In recent years, liberal constitutionalism has come under sharp attack. Globalization has caused huge disparities in wealth, identity-based alienation triggered by mass migration, and accompanying erosions…

Edited by Richard ALBERT

This book examines the 3 major models of amendment codification—the appendative, the integrative, and the invisible models—and shows how some jurisdictions have innovated alternative forms of amendment codification that combine elements of more than…

Bertrand MATHIEU

While law is inseparable from the construction of democracy, to such an extent that democracy and the rule of law are confused, the main idea of this book is to show that law can also stand against democracy. The figure of a people inscribed within borders…

Berihun GEBEYE

A Theory of African Constitutionalism asks and seeks to answer why we need a new theoretical framework for African constitutionalism and how this could offer us better theoretical and practical tools with which to understand, improve, and assess…

Edited by Matej AVBELJ

Is there a real and meaningful future for EU constitutionalism? This collection explores this question in light of recent challenges to EU constitutional law; namely the pandemic and the political schisms emerging across the European Union. The contributors…

Ronan CORMACAIN

What does the rule of law mean, in practical terms, for the way that legislation is prepared, drafted and presented? In this book, each element of the rule of law is analysed to establish principles about the form that legislation ought to take, and how each principle can be given concrete effect…

This book shows how the Austrian Constitution has been shaped and interpreted by the fundamental events in Austria's modern history. At the same time it emphasises the way in which the Constitution establishes a parliamentary system…

Edited by Francisco de ABREU DUARTE and PALMIOTTO ETTORRE

This book imagines how Europe might re-organise and re-group after the COVID-19 crisis by assessing its effectiveness when responding to it. It focuses on: i) sovereignty challenges; ii) technological challenges and iii) governance challenges.

Edited by Edoardo CELESTE, Amélie HELDT and Clara IGLESIAS KELLER

This book explores to what extent constitutional principles are put under strain in the social media environment and brings together a multi-disciplinary group of experts from law, political science, and communication studies…

Martin BELOV

This book offers an outline of the foundations of a theory of constitutional semiotics. It provides a systematic account of the concept of constitutional semiotics and its role in the representation and signification…

Edited by Koldo CASLA, Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA, Vicente SILVA, and Valentina CONTRERAS

This fascinating new study explores the opportunities to enhance environmental and social rights when drafting a new constitution. Looking in-depth at the lessons to be learnt from the Chilean experience, ahead of its referendum on is proposed new constitution…

Wojciech SADURSKI

Over the last decade, the world has watched in shock as populists swept to power in free elections. From Manila to Warsaw, Brasilia to Budapest, the populist tide has shattered illusions of an inexorable march to liberal democracy...

Koldo CASLA, Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA, Vicente SILVA, and Valentina CONTRERAS eds

This fascinating new study explores the opportunities to enhance environmental and social rights when drafting a new constitution. Looking in-depth at the lessons to be learnt from the Chilean experience, ahead of its referendum on its proposed new…