Unstable Constitutionalism by Mark Tushnet
Although the field of constitutional law has become increasingly comparative in recent years, its geographic focus has remained limited. South Asia, despite being the site of the world's largest democracy and a vibrant if turbulent constitutionalism, is one of the important neglected regions within the field. This book remedies this lack of attention by providing a detailed examination of constitutional law and practice in five South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Identifying a common theme of volatile change, it develops the concept of 'unstable constitutionalism', studying the sources of instability alongside reactions and responses to it. By highlighting unique theoretical and practical questions in an underrepresented region, Unstable Constitutionalism constitutes an important step toward truly global constitutional scholarship.-
In the Shadow of the Constitution
-
Incomplete Constitutions and Coordination in Deeply Divided Societies
-
Reputation and Judicial Tactics
-
The Failure of Popular Constitution Making in Turkey
-
Presidential Legislation in India
-
Constitutional Intolerance
-
Comparative Constitutional Design
-
Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes
-
Consequential Courts
-
Constituents Before Assembly
-
The DNA of Constitutional Justice in Latin America
-
A Qualified Hope
-
Constitutional Courts as Mediators
-
Constitutional Convergence in East Asia
-
Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism
-
Constitutions, Religion and Politics in Asia
-
The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective
-
The Politico-Legal Dynamics of Judicial Review
-
Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century
-
The New Fourth Branch
-
The Adventures of the Constituent Power
-
Constituent Assemblies
-
Judicial Review in Norway
-
Engaging with Social Rights
-
Constitutions in Times of Financial Crisis
-
Constitutional Courts in Asia
-
Proportionality
-
Assessing Constitutional Performance
-
The Veil of Participation
-
Hybrid Constitutionalism
-
Reconstructing Rights
-
Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
-
Perils of Judicial Self-Government in Transitional Societies
-
Constitutions and Religious Freedom
'In the final analysis, Unstable Constitutionalism marks an important contribution to the burgeoning constitutional discourse on consequential courts, and the invaluable role they can and must play even in authoritarian regimesFor this reason alone, this volume should be on the must-read list of every comparative constitutional law scholar in the twenty-first century.' Po Jen Yap, International Journal of Constitutional Law
Mark Tushnet is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His important works in the field of comparative constitutional law include Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law (2014), The Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law (co-edited, 2012) and the leading handbook, Weak Courts, Strong Rights: Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law (2009). Madhav Khosla is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Government at Harvard University, Massachusetts. He is the author of The Indian Constitution (2012) and is currently co-editing the Oxford Handbook of Indian Constitutional Law.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781107644564 |
| ISBN 10 | 1107644569 |
| Title | Unstable Constitutionalism |
| Author | Mark Tushnet |
| Series | Comparative Constitutional Law And Policy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2015-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 414 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |