Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democratization
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
National Political Reform Conference: Summary of plenary proceedings and verbatim reports (2 v.)
Author: National Political Reform Conference: Main report of the conference
Author: Main report of the conference
Author: The PGA Handbook
Author: Nicole RuderPublisher:
ISBN: 9780615496603
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Territory and Power in Constitutional Transitions
Author: George AndersonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192573616
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This collection of essays surveys the full range of challenges that territorial conflicts pose for constitution-making processes and constitutional design. It provides seventeen in-depth case studies of countries going through periods of intense constitutional engagement in a variety of contexts: small distinct territories, bi-communal countries, highly diverse countries with many politically salient regions, and countries where territorial politics is important but secondary to other bases for political mobilization. Specific examples are drawn from Iraq, Kenya, Cyprus, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the UK (Scotland), Ukraine, Bolivia, India, Spain, Yemen, Nepal, Ethiopia, Indonesia (Aceh), the Philippines (Mindanao), and Bosnia-Herzegovina. While the volume draws significant normative conclusions, it is based on a realist view of the complexity of territorial and other political cleavages (the country's "political geometry"), and the power configurations that lead into periods of constitutional engagement. Thematic chapters on constitution-making processes and constitutional design draw original conclusions from the comparative analysis of the case studies and relate these to the existing literature, both in political science and comparative constitutional law. This volume is essential reading for scholars of federalism, consociational power-sharing arrangements, asymmetrical devolution, and devolution more generally. The combination of in-depth case studies and broad thematic analysis allows for analytical and normative conclusions that will be of major relevance to practitioners and advisors engaged in constitutional design.
House Practice
Author: William Holmes BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Conference Publications Guide
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congresses and conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Tools for Parliamentary Oversight
Author: Hironori YamamotoPublisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union
ISBN: 9291423505
Category : Legislative auditing
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Religious Freedom and Populism
Author: Bernd HirschbergerPublisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3732868273
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Populism is a growing threat to human rights. They are appropriated, distorted, turned into empty words or even their opposite. The contributors to this volume examine these practices using the example of freedom of religion or belief, a human right that has become a particular target of right-wing populists and extremists worldwide. The contributions not only show the rhetorical patterns of appropriation and distortion, but also demonstrate for various countries which social dynamics favor the appropriation in each case and propose how to strengthen human rights and the culture of debate in democratic societies.
Judicial Integrity
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047413717
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Traditional separation of powers theories assumed that governmental despotism will be prevented by dividing the branches of government which will check one another. Modern governments function with unexpected complicity among these branches. Sometimes one of the branches becomes overwhelming. Other governmental structures, however, tend to mitigate these tendencies to domination. Among other structures courts have achieved considerable autonomy vis-à-vis the traditional political branches of power. They tend to maintain considerable distance from political parties in the name of professionalism and expertise. The conditions and criteria of independence are not clear, and even less clear are the conditions of institutional integrity. Independence (including depolitization) of public institutions is of particular practical relevance in the post-Communist countries where political partisanship penetrated institutions under the single party system. Institutional integrity, particularly in the context of administration of justice, became a precondition for accession to the European Union. Given this practical challenge the present volume is centered around three key areas of institutional integrity, primarily within the administration of justice: First, in a broader theoretical-interdisciplinary context the criteria of institutional independence are discussed. The second major issue is the relation of neutralized institutions to branches of government with reference to accountability. Thirdly, comparative experience regarding judicial independence is discussed to determine techniques to enhance integrity.