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Constitution
Whether in China or in the west, the word “Constitution” has long existed, but its former meanings are quite different from the modern one. For...
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Constitution and Constitution-Related Laws
As the fundamental law of the country, the Constitution stipulates the fundamental system and fundamental tasks of the country. With the highest...
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Rhetoric and Constitution
The aim of this entry is to show the capacity of the Constitution to generate the backbones on which our communities are built, not only in the...
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Argentine Constitution
The aim of this chapter is to provide an introductory overview of Argentine Constitutional Law. It begins with a concise constitutional history of...
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Austrian Constitution, The
The Austrian Constitution, as it is in force today, dates back to October 1, 1920. It was the result of a revolutionary development but incorporates...
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Introduction: Discovering the WA Constitution
While the Commonwealth Constitution is relatively well known, the Western Australian (WA) one is much less so. Indeed, many—perhaps most—would be...
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Examining the living metaphor in the Indian Constitution
One popular understanding of the Indian Constitution is that it is a living document that evolves with time. Even though this metaphor has been used...
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The Constitution of Western Australia An Exploration
This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia’s (WA) system of government. The WA...
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The Constitution and System of Government
The dispersed and opaque nature of Western Australia’s Constitution—its rather chaotic character—makes simple explication an essential, but far from...
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Chile’s ‘Procedurally Regulated’ Constitution-Making Process
After tracing the social, intellectual, and political origins of Chile’s demand for a new Constitution (which started in circumscribed circles as...
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Parliamentarism and Swedish Constitution
Sweden is a parliamentary democracy based on popular sovereignty and rule of law at the same time, as follows from Chapter 1, Article 1, of the...
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First Peoples and the WA Constitution
One concession the colonists were obliged by the Colonial Office to make as a condition of self-government, was a requirement in the Constitution Act...
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State and Constitution
The state is the central actor and the conceptual focal point of public law. In the modern state, however, the constitution is equally significant:...
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Chile’s New Constitution: What Right to Health?
Chile is a country crossed by economic inequalities. The constitutional process has opened a space to problematize the institutions that reproduce...
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The Making of the Constitution of Bangladesh and Making It Work
This chapter encompasses the context in, and process by, which the Constitution of Bangladesh was framed after independence, and how the challenges...
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Amending the State Constitution: Fundamental or Ordinary Law?
Amendment has been the most troublesome aspect of constitutionalism in the Australian States. This is a matter of some concern because, as discussed...
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The WA Constitution in the Federal System
As the previous chapter has discussed, constitutional practices in general and constitutionalism within federal systems, vary considerably. What is...
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Constitution, Constitutionalisation and Constitutionalism
Interpretation can develop and shape international law. In the following chapters, it will be argued that interpretation can help to...