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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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 online resource (ix, 262 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139101011, 1139101013, 9786613341891, 6613341894, 1283341891, 9781283341899, 9781139101677, 1139101676, 9780511793394, 0511793391, 9781139099677, 1139099671, 1107227275, 9781107227279, 1139097636, 9781139097635, 1139103474, 9781139103473, 1139098985, 9781139098984, 1107610575, 9781107610576
oclc:ocn769342132
LC Classification:K3165 .L445 2011
Dewey Decimal:342.02

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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Constitutional law Constitutional law -- India Constitutional law -- Ireland Constitutional law -- Israel Droit constitutionnel -- Inde Droit constitutionnel -- Irlande Droit constitutionnel -- Israël India Ireland Israel POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Constitutions