Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

The growing public discontent with the performance and quality of many contemporary democracies makes them vulnerable to popular pressures to transform or replace their constitutions. This book examines the legal and political challenges that these events pose to democratic principles and practices from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective, and calls attention to the real-world political importance of the phenomenon.

Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2020
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The growing dissatisfaction of the public with the performance and quality of many contemporary democracies has left them vulnerable to mounting pressures to undergo significant constitutional transformations or even replacements. While there exists a limited scholarly discourse on the legal and political challenges posed by these events to democratic principles and practices, this book is a collaborative effort by legal scholars and political scientists aimed at addressing this gap. By adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, the book explores the possibility of constitutional replacements within democratic regimes while examining the conditions that promote or hinder their compatibility with democratic values. Furthermore, it emphasizes the real-world political significance of this phenomenon, as recent episodes of constitutional redrafting in countries such as Kenya, Poland, Venezuela, and Hungary suggest that certain aspects of these processes may either contribute to or undermine the consolidation of democracy.

The dissatisfaction of the public with the performance and quality of many contemporary democracies has left them vulnerable to mounting pressures to undergo significant constitutional transformations or even replacements. While there exists a limited scholarly discourse on the legal and political challenges posed by these events to democratic principles and practices, this book is a collaborative effort by legal scholars and political scientists aimed at addressing this gap. By adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, the book explores the possibility of constitutional replacements within democratic regimes while examining the conditions that promote or hinder their compatibility with democratic values. Furthermore, it emphasizes the real-world political significance of this phenomenon, as recent episodes of constitutional redrafting in countries such as Kenya, Poland, Venezuela, and Hungary suggest that certain aspects of these processes may either contribute to or undermine the consolidation of democracy.

The growing dissatisfaction of the public with the performance and quality of many contemporary democracies has left them vulnerable to mounting pressures to undergo significant constitutional transformations or even replacements. While there exists a limited scholarly discourse on the legal and political challenges posed by these events to democratic principles and practices, this book is a collaborative effort by legal scholars and political scientists aimed at addressing this gap. By adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, the book explores the possibility of constitutional replacements within democratic regimes while examining the conditions that promote or hinder their compatibility with democratic values. Furthermore, it emphasizes the real-world political significance of this phenomenon, as recent episodes of constitutional redrafting in countries such as Kenya, Poland, Venezuela, and Hungary suggest that certain aspects of these processes may either contribute to or undermine the consolidation of democracy.

The growing dissatisfaction of the public with the performance and quality of many contemporary democracies has left them vulnerable to mounting pressures to undergo significant constitutional transformations or even replacements. While there exists a limited scholarly discourse on the legal and political challenges posed by these events to democratic principles and practices, this book is a collaborative effort by legal scholars and political scientists aimed at addressing this gap. By adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, the book explores the possibility of constitutional replacements within democratic regimes while examining the conditions that promote or hinder their compatibility with democratic values. Furthermore, it emphasizes the real-world political significance of this phenomenon, as recent episodes of constitutional redrafting in countries such as Kenya, Poland, Venezuela, and Hungary suggest that certain aspects of these processes may either contribute to or undermine the consolidation of democracy.

Weight: 526g
Dimension: 158 x 236 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108839846