The last fifty years has seen a worldwide trend toward constitutional democracy. But can constitutionalism become truly global?
Relying on historical examples of successfully implanted constitutional regimes, ranging from the older experiences in the United States and France to the relatively recent ones in Germany, Spain and South Africa, Michel Rosenfeld sheds light on the range of conditions necessary for the emergence, continuity and adaptability of a viable constitutional identity - citizenship, nationalism, multiculturalism, and human rights being important elements.
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The last fifty years has seen a worldwide trend toward constitutional democracy. But can constitutionalism become truly global?
The last fifty years has seen a worldwide trend toward constitutional democracy. But Identity of the Constitutional Subject asks, can constitutionalism become truly global? Relying on historical examples of successfully implanted constitution regimes, ranging from the older experiences in the United States and France to the relatively recent one in Germany and Spain, Rosenfeld sheds light on the range of conditions necessary for the emergence, continuity and adaptability of viable constitutional identity-citizenship, nationalism, multiculturalism, and human rights are important...
The last fifty years has seen a worldwide trend toward constitutional democracy. But Identity of the Constitutional Subject asks, can constitutionalis...