Constitutionalism and Democracy : Transitions in the Contemporary World.

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- I: Transitions -- 1. Constitutions, Constitutionalism, and Democracy -- 2. Constitutionalism in Europe Since 1945: Reconstruction and Reappraisal -- 3. Transition to Democracy, Corporatism, and Presidentialism with Special Reference to Latin America -- 4. Constitutions Without Constitutionalism: Reflections on an African Political Paradox -- II: Human Rights -- 5. Human Rights in Constitutional Order and in Political Practice in Latin America -- 6. The National Question, Secession and Constitutionalism: The Mediation of Competing Claims to Self-Determination -- 7. European Courts and Human Rights -- 8. Social Movements, Constitutionalism, and Human Rights: Comments from the Malaysian and Indonesian Experiences -- III: Pluralism and Nationalism -- 9. Uses and Usurpation of Constitutional Ideology -- 10. Social Movements and Constitutionalism: The African Context -- 11. The Theory of the State in the Third World and the Problematics of Constitutionalism -- 12. Constitutionalism and The Nationalist Discourse: The Indian Experience -- IV: Institutional Arrangements -- 13. Reconstructing Political Space: Militarism and Constitutionalism in Africa -- 14. Providing for the Common Defense: What Latin American Constitutions Have to Say About The Region's Armed Forces -- 15. Parliamentary Democracy in Europe 1992: Tentative Questions and Answers -- V: Constitutional Conundrums in Europe -- 16. The Necessity and Impossibility of Simultaneous Economic and Political Reform -- 17. Parliamentary Crisis and How to Strengthen Democracy -- 18. Iberian Case Study: The Constitutionalism of Democratization -- 19. The Role of the State: Contradictions in the Transition to Democracy -- 20. Perspectives on the Current Constitutional Situation in Poland.

21. Rule by Law in East Central Europe: Is The Emperor's New Suit a Straightjacket? -- VI: Reflections on Constitutionalism -- 22. Latin America: Constitutionalism and the Political Traditions of Liberalism and Socialism -- 23. Constitutionalism: A Timely Revival -- 24. The Crisis of Constitutionalism: South Asian Perspectives -- 25. Constitutionalism in Africa: Some Conclusions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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