The symposium contributors have offered a series of extremely helpful reactions, suggestions, and criticisms of Interconstitutionalism, and they have teed up a variety of important questions for future research. We couldn’t have asked for more. In this short conclusion…
Read MoreInterconstitutionalism focuses on techniques and practices that help keep alive the judicial interpretations and values of past constitutions. Although the phenomenon might best be explored in federal states, where there is communication between public law at the federal and state levels…
Read MoreIn their pioneering work, Interconstitutionalism, Jason Mazzone and Cem Tecimer provide an illuminating account of an interpretive practice involving “the use of a polity’s antecedent constitution(s) to generate meaning for that same polity’s current constitution”…
Read MoreIn their new article, Jason Mazzone and Cem Tecimer explore a fascinating aspect of constitutional interpretation. Interconstitutionalism involves the use of previous constitutions to generate meaning for the current constitution, a practice the authors…
Read MoreThose who are familiar with safaris in Africa know that spotting a cheetah is extremely hard. It requires plenty of time and patience, as well as a good dose of luck. Indeed, cheetahs are significantly rarer than other savannah predators, including lions. And when…
Read MoreIt is amazing to see how a one-word title, ‘Interconstitutionalism’, can prompt two authors to write an 81-page research article. The brevity of the article’s title certainly arouses interest, and the content does not disappoint the reader. The richness…
Read More“No set of legal institutions or prescriptions,” Robert Cover famously wrote, “exists apart from the narratives that locate it and give it meaning. For every constitution there is an epic.” In their excellent new article, “Interconstitutionalism,” Jason Mazzone and Cem…
Read MoreThe U.S. Constitution has lasted 234 years. That makes it an anomaly. Globally, constitutional replacement, not endurance, is the norm. As Elkins, Ginsburg and Melton report, the average life expectancy of a national constitution is a mere 19 years. This rate of turnover invites…
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