"This book explores and explains how and why the idea of unconstitutional constitutional amendment informs a range of political activities through diverse forums and by various social and political actors in both formal and informal constitutional amendment processes in Asia. Th…
This volume is the first to explore how the influence of judicial personas has brought about constitutional change. Chapters convey the personal history of these judges, their lively debates, and the turbulent context in which many of them operated. The book is for scholars of l…
In Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges, Rehan Abeyratne and Iddo Porat lead an exploration of a new topic in comparative constitutional law: towering judges. The volume examines the work of nineteen judges from fourteen jurisdictions, each of whom stood…
"Towering Judges and Global Constitutionalism Iddo Porat* In 2016, judges from around the world met, for the 20th time, at the Yale Law School Global Constitutional Seminar. Opening this meeting, Yale Law Professor Owen Fiss described the circumstances that led to the creation o…