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Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments - The Limits of Amendment Powers by Roznai, Yaniv (16th February 2017)
Preliminary Material
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
Detailed Contents
Table of Cases and Decisions
International
National
Argentina
Austria
Bangladesh:
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Honduras
Hungary
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Lithuania
Malaysia
Moldova
Nicaragua
Niger
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Russia
Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swiss
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Venezuela
Table of Statutes and other Public Documents
International Legislation
United Nations
EU Legislation
Regional Legislation
Bilateral Agreements/Treaties
National Legislation
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cote D’Ivoire
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
France
Gabon
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Libya
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Niger
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
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Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
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Spain
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US Federal Legislation
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Venezuela
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A Note on the Cover
Main Text
Introduction
The Meaning and Importance of Constitutional Amendments
Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments
Structure
Part I Comparative Constitutional Unamendability
1 Explicit Constitutional Unamendability
Unamendable Provisions
Origins and Development
Examining Unamendable Provisions
Structure
Content
Characteristics
a) Preservative
b) Transformative
c) Aspirational
d) Conflictual
e) Bricolage
Conclusion
2 Implicit Constitutional Unamendability
The Genesis of the Theory of Implicit Unamendability
The Indian ‘Basic Structure Doctrine’
The ‘Basic Structure Doctrine’: A Tour D’horizon
Asia
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
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c) South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and Thailand
d) Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore
Africa
a) Kenya
b) South Africa
c) Tanzania
Central and South America
a) Argentina, Colombia, and Peru
b) Caribbean
Conclusion
3 Supra-constitutional Unamendability
Introduction
Natural Law
General
Germany
Ireland
Evaluation
International Law
General
The alleged supremacy of supranational law
The problem of external v. internal espace juridique
The role of national courts
The eventual superiority of domestic constitutional law
Conclusion
Part II Towards a Theory of Constitutional Unamendability
4 The Nature of Constitutional Amendment Powers
Constituent Power and Constituted Power
The Amendment Power as Sui Generis
The Secondary Constituent Power
The distinction between ‘original’ and ‘derived’ constituent powers
Integration: A theory of delegation
Terminological clarifications
a) Primary and secondary constituent powers
b) Power and authority
Unamendability and Primary Constituent Power
A three-track democracy
We the ‘limited’ people?
Encouraging a revolution?
Conclusion
5 The Scope of Constitutional Amendment Powers
Explicit Unamendability
The validity of unamendable provisions
An ‘unamendable amendment’?
Amending ‘unamendable’ provisions
Implicit Unamendability
Foundational structuralism
Hierarchy of constitutional values
Constitutional identity
The expressio unius est exclusio alterius maxim
Textualism
Conclusion
6 The Spectrum of Constitutional Amendment Powers
The Binary Code of Amendment Powers
The Polymorphic Nature of Amendment Powers
Popular and governmental amendment powers
Constitutional escalator
Linking Unamendability and Amendment Procedures
Conclusion
Part III Enforcing Constitutional Unamendability
7 Understanding Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments
Rationales Behind Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments
Separation of powers
The essence of the judicial role
The rule and supremacy of the constitution
Political process failure
Responding to the Critics
The subordination enigma
The ‘dead hand’ of the past
Undemocratic
Enhancing the judiciary’s power
Conclusion
8 Exercising Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments
Authority to Review Constitutional Amendments
Existence or absence of explicit unamendability
Different procedures for constitutional amendments
Foundational Structuralist Interpretation
Standard of Review
Conclusion
Conclusion
Further Material
Appendix Explicit Substantive Unamendability in World Constitutions
Bibliography
Index
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Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments: The Limits of Amendment Powers
Yaniv Roznai
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Oxford Constitutions of the World [OCW]
Series:
Oxford Constitutional Theory
Published in print:
16 February 2017
ISBN:
9780198768791
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