Constitution-Making : : Principles, Process, Practice / / Edward McWhinney.
In response to the general crisis in law and society in contemporary western and communist nations alike, and to the need for new relations between man and the state, Professor McWhinney presents a comparative study of constitutions and constitution-making. This book begins with a discussion of cons...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1981 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Constitutions and constitutionalism
- 2. Constituent power: the when and why of constitution-making
- 3. The constitution-makers: who does what?
- 4. The art of constitution-making: the how and what of drafting
- 5. The principal antinomies of contemporary constitution-making: the presidential executive or government by assembly
- 6. Constitutional antinomies: centralization and decentralization: federalism, regionalism and devolution
- 7. Constitutionalism and 'extraordinary powers': the concept of constitutional emergency
- 8. Man and the state: the 'Open Society' and affirmative action
- 9. Political representation: direct and indirect elections: individual and group representation
- 10. Control of constitutionality: judicial review, and government by the judiciary
- 11. The limits and possibilities of contemporary constitutionalism
- 12. Some rules of constitutional-prudence for contemporary constitution-makers
- Appendix. Extracts from major constitutional charters
- Bibliography
- Index