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BL
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623551
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Constitutionalism and democracy : : transitions in the contemporary world : the American Council of Learned Societies comparative constitutionalism papers /\ edited by Douglas Greenberg ... [et al.].
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1993.
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xxiii, 391 p. ;; 24 cm.
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0195071077 (acid-free paper) :$55.00
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| Notes
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Papers from a series of international conferences organized by the American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Constitutions, constitutionalism, and democracy / Walter F. Murphy -- Constitutionalism in Europe since 1945: reconstruction and reappraisal / Nevil Johnson -- Transition to democracy, corporatism, and presidentialism with special reference to Latin America / Carlos Santiago Nino -- Constitutions without constitutionalism: reflections on an African political paradox / H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo -- Human rights in constitutional order and in political practice in Latin America / Hugo E. Fruhling -- National question, secession and constitutionalism: the mediation of competing claims to self- determination / Abdullahi An-Na'im -- European courts and human rights / Ludger Kuhnhardt -- Social movements, constitutionalism, and human rights: comments from the Malaysian and Indonesian experiences / Daniel S. Lev
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Uses and usurpation of constitutional ideology / Radhika Coomeraswamy -- Social movements and constitutionalism: the African context / Mahmood Mamdani -- Theory of the state in the third world and the problematics of constitutionalism / Yash Ghai -- Constitutionalism and the nationalist discourse: the Indian experience / Tapan Raychaudhuri -- Reconstructing political space: militarism and constitutionalism in Africa / Eboe Hutchful -- Providing for the common defense: what Latin American constitutions have to say about the regions's armed forces / Juan Rial -- Parliamentary democracy in Europe 1992: tentative questions and answers / Joseph H. H. Weiler -- Necessity and impossibility of simultaneous economic and political reform / Jon Elster -- Parliamentary crisis and how to strengthen democracy / Klaus von Beyme
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Iberian case study: the constitutionalism of democratization / Jordi Sole Tura -- Role of the state: contradictions in the transition to democracy / Lena Kolarska-Bobinska -- Perspectives on the current constitutional situation in Poland / Wiktor Osiatynski - - Rule by law in east central Europe: is the emperor's new suit a straightjacket? / Andras Sajo and Vera Losonci -- Latin America: contitutionalism and the political traditions of liberalism and socialism / Atilio A. Boron -- Constitutionalism: a timely revival / Julio Faundez -- Crisis of constitutionalism: South Asian perspectives / Neelan Tiruchelvam -- Constitutionalism in Africa: some conclusions / Samuel C. Nolutshungu
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Representative government and representation-- Congresses.
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Democracy-- Congresses.
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Constitutional history-- Congresses.
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Constitutional law-- Congresses.
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| LC Classification
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JF1051.C635 1993
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Greenberg, Douglas.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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