Reconstituting the constitution
by Boston, Jonathan Butler, Petra Morris, Caroline
All nation states, whether ancient or newly created, must examine their constitutional fundamentals to keep their constitutions relevant and dynamic. Constitutional change has greater legitimacy when the questions are debated before the people and accepted by them. Who are the people in this state? What role should they have in relation to the government? What rights should they have? Who should be Head of State? What is our constitutional relationship with other nation states? What is the infl…
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- Full title :Reconstituting the constitution / Caroline Morris, Jonathan Boston, Petra Butler, editors.
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All nation states, whether ancient or newly created, must examine their constitutional fundamentals to keep their constitutions relevant and dynamic. Constitutional change has greater legitimacy when the questions are debated before the people and accepted by them. Who are the people in this state? What role should they have in relation to the government? What rights should they have? Who should be Head of State? What is our constitutional relationship with other nation states? What is the influence of international law on our domestic system? And what process should constitutional change foll.
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- Publication Date:2011.
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- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 519 pages) : : color illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783642215728, 3642215726
- oclc:ocn763157317
- LC Classification:K3165
- Dewey Decimal:340.1
Table of Contents
pt. 1. Reconstituting the constitution : an overview -- pt. 2. Reforming constitutions : lessons from abroad -- pt. 3. The republican question -- pt. 4. The need for a written constitution? : strengthening the Bill of Rights act and the place of the Treaty of Waitangi -- pt. 5. The future of electoral law -- pt. 6. Australia : involving civil society in constitutional reform -- pt. 7. Influence of international treaties -- pt. 8. The trans-tasman relationship -- pt. 9. The role and governance of sub-national government -- pt. 10. Protecting future generations.
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