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008 120702s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012022753
020 $a9781409434986 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a9781409434993 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aKG548$b.N49 2012
082 00 $a342.8$223
245 00 $aNew constitutionalism in Latin America :$bpromises and practices /$cby Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor.
260 $aFarnham, Surrey ;$aBurlington, VT :$bAshgate Pub.,$c2012.
263 $a1208
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : the times they are a changin : constitutional transformations in Latin America since the 1990s / Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor -- Explaining constitutional change : comparing the logic, advantages and shortcomings of static and dynamic approaches / Astrid Lorenz -- Toward a theory of formal constitutional change : mechanisms of constitutional adaptation in Latin America -- Gabriel negretto -- Still the land of presidentialism? : executives and the Latin American constitution / José Antonio Cheibub, Zachary Elkins and Tom Ginsburg -- What do we mean when we talk about "critical constitutionalism"? : some reflections on the new Latin American constitutions / Albert Noguera -- Latin American constitutionalism : historical development and distinctive traits / Laurence Whitehead -- Latin American constitutionalism then and now : promises and questions / Roberto Gargarella -- Neo-constitutionalism in twenty-first century Venezuela : participatory democracy, deconcentrated decentralization or centralized populism? / Rickard Lalander -- New constitutions and the transformation of democracy in Bolivia and Ecuador / Jonas Wolff -- Constitutionalizing policy : the Brazilian constitution of 1988 and its impact on governance / Rogerio Arantes and Claudio Couto -- Change and continuity in Dominican constitutions : the 2010 reform compared / Leiv Marsteintredet -- Chile : democratization through constitutional reforms / Claudio Fuentes -- Institutional design and judicial behaviour : constitutional interpretation of criminal due process rights in Latin America / Julio Rios-Figueroa -- Constitutional courts and constitutional change : analyzing the cases of presidential re-election in Latin America / Elena Martínez-Barahona -- Colombia's 1991 constitution : a rights revolution / Juan Fernando Jaramillo -- How does new constitutionalism respond to the human rights challenges posed by transnational corporations? / Claudia Müller-Hoff -- Plurinational constitutionalism : a new era of indigenous-state relations? / Almut Schilling-Vacaflor and Rene Kuppe -- Turning legal pluralism into state-sanctioned law : assessing the implications of the new constitutions and laws in Bolivia and Ecuador / Anna Barrera -- The new Latin American constitutionalism : beyond liberal democracy? / Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor.
650 0 $aConstitutional law$zLatin America.
700 1 $aNolte, Detlef.
700 1 $aSchilling-Vacaflor, Almut.