Making constitutions in deeply divided societies

Making constitutions in deeply divided societies

by Lerner, Hanna

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An exploration of how a constitution may be drafted in societies which lack entrenched common values.

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  • Full title :Making constitutions in deeply divided societies / Hanna Lerner.

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An exploration of how a constitution may be drafted in societies which lack entrenched common values.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (1 recurso en línea (ix, 262 páginas))

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780511793394, 0511793391, 9781107005150, 1107005159
  • oclc:on1028005741
  • Dewey Decimal:342.02

Table of Contents

Cover; MAKING CONSTITUTIONS IN DEEPLY DIVIDED SOCIETIES; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; Title; Copyright; PART I Constitutions, democracy, identity; 1 Three paradigms of democratic constitutions; What is a constitution and what are its roles?; "The people" precede the constitution: the essentialist "nation-state" constitution; "The people" come together through the making of the constitution: the liberal-procedural constitution; Pre-constitutional consensus; 2 The incrementalist approach to constitution-making; Deeply divided societies; Constitution-drafting as a high-stakes moment.

Institutional design in multi-ethnic and multinational societiesThe incrementalist approach to constitution-making; Non-majoritarianism; Non-revolutionary approach to constitution-making; We the divided people: representing the existing disagreements; Transferring decisions to the political sphere; PART II Varieties of constitutional incrementalism; 3 Informal consociationalism in Israel; Refraining from drafting a constitution in the formative stage; "What is the State of Israel?"; The Knesset debates: February-June 1950; Constitution-making as resolving or exacerbating conflicts.

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Subjects

Derecho constitucional -- India Derecho constitucional -- Irlanda Derecho constitucional -- Israel

Writers

Lerner, Hanna

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