Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The book aims to reconstruct, with a interdisciplinary approach in a comparative methodology, the evolution of Bolivian institutions, from independence to the present days, in the light of the indigenous element as a legal interpretative parameter. After a first denial and a forced assimilation, the indigenous element was integrated into the institutions until it became central to the construction of an alternative constitutionalism to the Western model. The dissertation outlines three Latin American constitutional cycles. For each constitutional cycle, the common lines and the differences with Western constitutionalism are analysed, referring to the importance attributed to the indigenous element, since to a detailed analysis of intercultural and multinational constitutionalism of the 2009 Bolivian constitution. The indigenous element is fundamental because it becomes a source of national law, thus giving rise to a plural juridical model that starts from the community, and the traditional and ancestral culture of the indigenous people. It also challenges the Western individual constitutionalism, only founded on the supremacy of human rights. La monografia si propone di ricostruire, con un taglio interdisciplinare nella metodologia comparata, l’evoluzione delle istituzioni boliviane, a partire dall’indipendenza fino ai giorni nostri, alla luce dell’elemento indigeno come parametro interpretativo-normativo. Dopo una prima negazione e un’assimilazione forzata, l’elemento indigeno è stato integrato nelle istituzioni fino a diventare centrale per la costruzione di un costituzionalismo alternativo al modello occidentale. La trattazione delinea tre cicli costituzionali latino-americani. Per ogni ciclo costituzionale, sono analizzate le linee comuni ai diversi Stati e le differenze con il costituzionalismo occidentale, in riferimento all’importanza attribuita all’elemento indigeno, fino ad un’analisi dettagliata del costituzionalismo interculturale e multinazionale della carta boliviana del 2009. In essa, l’elemento indigeno è fondamentale perché diventa fonte stessa del diritto nazionale, facendo sorgere, così, un modello giuridico plurale che parte dalla comunità, dalla tradizione e dalla cultura ancestrale degli indigeni e contesta il costituzionalismo individuale di matrice occidentale, fondato unicamente sulla supremazia dei diritti umani.

Public Comparative Law --- Constitutions --- Constitutionalism --- Intercultural Constitutionalism --- Differential Constitutionalism --- Multinational Constitutionalism --- Legal Pluralism --- Indigenous Peoples --- Bolivia --- Latin-American Nuevo Constitucionalismo

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The book aims to reconstruct, with a interdisciplinary approach in a comparative methodology, the evolution of Bolivian institutions, from independence to the present days, in the light of the indigenous element as a legal interpretative parameter. After a first denial and a forced assimilation, the indigenous element was integrated into the institutions until it became central to the construction of an alternative constitutionalism to the Western model. The dissertation outlines three Latin American constitutional cycles. For each constitutional cycle, the common lines and the differences with Western constitutionalism are analysed, referring to the importance attributed to the indigenous element, since to a detailed analysis of intercultural and multinational constitutionalism of the 2009 Bolivian constitution. The indigenous element is fundamental because it becomes a source of national law, thus giving rise to a plural juridical model that starts from the community, and the traditional and ancestral culture of the indigenous people. It also challenges the Western individual constitutionalism, only founded on the supremacy of human rights. La monografia si propone di ricostruire, con un taglio interdisciplinare nella metodologia comparata, l’evoluzione delle istituzioni boliviane, a partire dall’indipendenza fino ai giorni nostri, alla luce dell’elemento indigeno come parametro interpretativo-normativo. Dopo una prima negazione e un’assimilazione forzata, l’elemento indigeno è stato integrato nelle istituzioni fino a diventare centrale per la costruzione di un costituzionalismo alternativo al modello occidentale. La trattazione delinea tre cicli costituzionali latino-americani. Per ogni ciclo costituzionale, sono analizzate le linee comuni ai diversi Stati e le differenze con il costituzionalismo occidentale, in riferimento all’importanza attribuita all’elemento indigeno, fino ad un’analisi dettagliata del costituzionalismo interculturale e multinazionale della carta boliviana del 2009. In essa, l’elemento indigeno è fondamentale perché diventa fonte stessa del diritto nazionale, facendo sorgere, così, un modello giuridico plurale che parte dalla comunità, dalla tradizione e dalla cultura ancestrale degli indigeni e contesta il costituzionalismo individuale di matrice occidentale, fondato unicamente sulla supremazia dei diritti umani.

Law --- Public Comparative Law --- Constitutions --- Constitutionalism --- Intercultural Constitutionalism --- Differential Constitutionalism --- Multinational Constitutionalism --- Legal Pluralism --- Indigenous Peoples --- Bolivia --- Latin-American Nuevo Constitucionalismo --- Public Comparative Law --- Constitutions --- Constitutionalism --- Intercultural Constitutionalism --- Differential Constitutionalism --- Multinational Constitutionalism --- Legal Pluralism --- Indigenous Peoples --- Bolivia --- Latin-American Nuevo Constitucionalismo

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Constitutional law --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Interpretation and construction

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Sajó and Uitz's intellectual history of the constitutional ideal is rich in contextual detail and informed by case studies that give an overview of both the theory and practice of constitutionalism worldwide. Classic constitutions are contrasted with twentieth-century and contemporary endeavours, and experimentations in checks and balances. Their endeavour is neither apologetic (and certainly not celebratory), nor purely defensive: this book demonstrates why constitutionalism should continue to matter. Between the rise of populist, anti-constitutional sentiment and the normalization of the apparatus of counter-terrorism, it is imperative that the political communities who seek to sustain democracy as freedom understand the importance of constitutionalism. This book is essential reading for students of law and general readers without prior knowledge of the field, as well as those in politics who believe they know how government works. It shows what is at stake in the debate on constitutionalism.

Constitutional law --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Interpretation and construction

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

On its face, New York State's constitution is an elaborate and impressive aggregation of processes, powers, mandates, and limits. But many of these are "inoperative," and New Yorkers who read the document and believe what it says will come away with a massive misunderstanding of the realities of state government. The essays in New York's Broken Constitution seek to clarify the realities by bringing attention to the gaps between what the constitution says and how the state is actually governed, and they provide a disquieting picture of the state of the state's constitution. Among the topics addressed are state debt and budgeting practices, legislative redistricting, local government, gambling, conservation, and the process of amending the constitution. Written by knowledgeable professionals, the chapters explain the constitutional provisions in question, including the reasons for their constitutional status; how they have been used and interpreted; and the extent of the gaps between the constitutional provisions and practice. Various proposals for reform are also examined.

Constitutional law --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Interpretation and construction