Los estudios en torno al constitucionalismo en América española privilegian las referencias a Suramérica y México en detrimento de Centroamérica. Las razones son en parte comprensibles. Los procesos de independencia en Suramérica y México terminaron…
Read MoreResulta para mí una gran alegría poder continuar esta conversación sobre el proceso constitucional chileno, con colegas tan distinguidos y queridos. Lo hago además -aclaro- con cierta timidez, dado mi carácter de extranjero, y frente a un tema que, mirado con ojos…
Read MoreThe Chilean referendum that resulted in the rejection of the Constitutional Convention’s proposal will probably be treated as an outlier case in the constitution-making literature. Data from Elkins & Husdon shows that only 11 out of 179 referendums…
Read MoreCentral America has a long history of using foreign intervention and international law for state-building and constitution-making. In many ways, foreign intervention has been a catalyst in creating a constitutional culture in which international law supports and legitimates…
Read MoreRoberto Gargarella tiene razón cuando sugiere que en el proceso constituyente chileno se cometieron errores de diseño que contribuyeron al masivo rechazo ciudadano de la propuesta elaborada por la Convención Constitucional…
Read MoreThe main features of the high courts of constitutional jurisdiction in Central America are the politicization of the selection process for judges, short tenures, and weak protections against arbitrary removals…
Read MoreEl declive de la democracia e institucionalidad salvadoreña es evidente. El 1 de mayo de 2021, con la destitución inconstitucional del Fiscal General de la República y los magistrados de la Sala de lo Constitucional, se disipó cualquier…
Read MoreNo es muy frecuente para mi estar en desacuerdo con Roberto Gargarella. Quizás para marcar la ocasión, decidí preparar esta respuesta a su reciente columna, “El ‘Plebiscito de Salida’ como Error Constituyente”. Gargarella escribió la columna en reacción a la victoria del ‘rechazo’…
Read MoreDemocracies require strong democratic institutions. Healthy democratic institutions rely, in good measure, on public trust. This can be understood as citizens’ conviction that their democratic institutions will act on their behalf and according to their expectations…
Read MoreEl Profesor Roberto Gargarella ha expresado recientemente en una columna una visión crítica respecto de los llamados “plebiscitos de salida”, refiriéndose en particular al caso chileno, en el que el proyecto de constitución sometido…
Read MoreThe IACL recently marked the global return to in-person conferencing with a Roundtable in Córdoba, Argentina held on 9 and 10 August 2022. The Roundtable, on the theme “Political Sentiments and Moral Emotions in Constitutional Law”…
Read MoreHoras atrás concluyó el “plebiscito de salida,” en Chile, con una contundente derrota para quienes defendíamos (aún con reservas) el “apruebo”, y con ello el conjunto de la propuesta constitucional elaborada, durante más de un año, por la Convención Constitucional.
Read MoreOur co-editors are delighted to be back online and happy to announce that the Blog is now accepting submissions in Spanish!
Read More9 July 2022 should resonate as a historic moment in Sri Lanka’s political history – its Bastille Day. After months of public protests demanding that the President and Prime Minister resign amidst a deepening political and economic crisis, crowds stormed into the Presidential Secretariat…
Read MoreDue to the ambiguous and problematic energy resource-sharing scheme in the Iraqi constitutional structure, Iraq's problems are no longer limited to the domestic constitutional level, but now have global repercussions. The problems arise not only from a textual constitutional…
Read MoreThe IACL-AIDC congratulates our President Emeritus, Professor Cheryl Saunders, who was recently was awarded the prestigious Tang Prize in Rule of Law.
Read MoreLe 16 mars, la Russie a cessé d'être membre du Conseil de l'Europe. Dans le même temps, l'État a émis un refus de signer la Convention sur les droits de l'homme, ce qui signifie que désormais les citoyens russes ne pourront plus s'adresser à la CEDH…
Read MoreLes changements anticonstitutionnels de pouvoir continuent de représenter un défi majeur pour le constitutionnalisme africain. Survenant par la force des armes ou à travers une subtile modification de la constitution, ne conservant qu’une apparence…
Read MoreThe literature on democratic erosion and democratic backsliding has documented how political leaders around the world seek to use mechanisms of (formal and informal) constitutional change to erode constitutional democracy. In particular, capturing courts…
Read MoreChoosing the landmark case of Canadian constitutional law reveals a profound legal fracture. Canada, as it is now known, struggles deeply with its colonial heritage. Canadian law must transform to integrate fully and respectfully Indigenous laws, but the process…
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