- The Framework Model and Constitutional Interpretation, Jack M. Balkin, Posted on May 20, 2015Constitution is perceived as a basic framework that permits and facilitates political development. Its development need not be only through formal amendments, but in constitutional practice as well. It is argued that “[c]onstitutional construction is a dialectical process involving all branches of government as well as civil society, which together build out the constitution over time. The framework is unfinished and undergoes a continuous process of construction by different agents. “2. Deference and Due Process, Adrian Vermeule, Posted on May 27, 2015Procedural due process is no more a judicial enterprise. The crux of the argument is that “the courts for their part often defer, explicitly or implicitly, to agencies’ due process decisions.”Author renders how extra constitutional measures make amendment tougher than US constitution. The question raised is how these extra textual sources affect democracy and undermines the ‘purpose of writtenness’.http://ssrn.com/abstract=2601646Technically US constitution have no limitation on amending any part but the author argues that “if the Constitution is to remain internally coherent, the informal unamendability of the First Amendment’s democratic rights may be a condition precedent to the Constitution’s promise of robust democracy.” It is further said that unamedability “is more effective as a declaration of importance than as a referent for judicial enforceability”5. Canadian Constitutional Identities, Eric M. Adams , Posted on May 19, 2015http://ssrn.com/abstract=2608150This paper is a look into constitutional history of Canada and its quest for identity.6. Eternal Territory? The Crimean Crisis and Ukraine's Territorial Integrity as an UnamendablePrinciple, Yaniv Roznai , Silvia Suteu , Posted on May 5, 2015http://ssrn.com/abstract=2602762“This article reflects on the protection of territorial integrity in the Ukrainian constitution, and especially within its provision of unamendability, against the backdrop of the 2014 Crimean crisis.”7. On Resilience of Constitutions. What Makes Constitutions Resistant to External Shocks?, Xenophon Contiades , Alkmene Fotiadou , Posted on March 7, 2015http://ssrn.com/abstract=2603164The paper examines how constitutions respond to financial crisis and similar external shocks. Explores the contents in constitution that makes it resilient.8. The Architecture of Constitutional Time, Richard Alexander Izquierdo , May 1, 2015This is a reflection and variance to Bruce Ackerman’s ‘We the People’ series.9. Conditionality as Opposed to Severability, Tom Campbell , Posted on May 20, 2015The paper carries a part of debate on the fate of statute held partially unconstitutional. Author’s argument is that rest of the statute also should go.10. Constitutional Limits to Paternalistic Nudging: A Proportionality Assessment, Anne Van Aaken, Posted on May 14, 201511. Foreign Precedent in State Constitutional Interpretation, Jonathan L. Marshfield , Posted on May 26, 201512. Centralising Authority: Comparing Executive Power in India and Sri Lanka, Rehan Abeyratne, Posted on May 5, 201513. Negotiating Federalism and the Structural Constitution: Navigating the Separation of Powers Both Vertically and Horizontally (A Response to Aziz Huq), Erin Ryan, Posted on May 6, 2015.http://ssrn.com/abstract=260258114. Religion and Constitutionalism: Oscillations Along a Continuum, Paul T. Babie , Posted on May 13, 2015“This review article analyses three books published between 2010 and 2013 and explores the ways in which a nation, secular or otherwise, can deal with religion within its borders, both legally and socially.”15. Parliamentary Sovereignty as a Barrier to a Treaty-Based Partnership, Lydia O'Hagan, Posted on May 13, 201516. Public Involvement and Constitutional Theocracy in Iran, Shabnam Haji , Posted on May 6, 2015.17. The Constitution of the Netherlands at 200: Adaptive Capacity and Constitutional Rigidity, Reijer Passchier , Posted on May 18, 2015A constitution aged two centuries is a good guide to other nations to learn how it withstood the test of time.18. Equality Constitutional Adjudication in South Africa, Anne Smith, Posted on 25 May, 201519. We the People? – Theorising Constitutional Democratic Legitimacy to Reflect on and Enrich New Zealand’s Constitution, Georgia Lockie , Posted on May 13, 2015Major theme of the paper is democratic legitimacy and how it enriches the constitution. Uses Bruce Ackerman’s “We the People” as foundation for enquiry.20. Institutional Developments, Academic Debates and Legal Practices on the Constitutional Review in China: 2000–2013, X.Yang Cheng , Posted on May 15, 2014Judicial review in China has its own meaning and content. National People’s Congress Review Model has been established since the 1982 Constitution, which is known for being inactive. The article explores a way to reform the review system within limits permitted.21. Legislative Review Under Article 14, Tarunabh Khaitan , May 12, 2015This is a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Indian Constitutional Law. Explains two existing doctrines that hold the field of legislative review in India; the doctrine of classification and the doctrine of arbitrariness. The central argument is as follows “(a) the classification test (or the unreasonable comparison test) continues to be applied for testing the constitutionality of classificatory rules (whether or not legislative in character); (b) it is a limited and highly formalistic test applied deferentially; (c) the arbitrariness test is really a test of unreasonableness of measures which do not entail comparison (hence labelled non-comparative unreasonableness); (d) its supposed connection with the right to equality is based on a conceptual misunderstanding of the requirements of the rule of law; and (e) courts are unlikely to apply it to legislative review (in the actor-sensitive sense). The way forward is to beef up the classification doctrine to realise its true potential, and abandon the arbitrariness doctrine with respect to actor-sensitive legislative review.”22. HIV and the South African Constitution: Claiming Rights to Combat an Epidemic, Timothy Fish Hodgson , Mark Heywood , Posted on May 25, 201523. Civil Society and Constitutional Reform in Africa: A Case of Ghana, Mawuse Hor Vormawor , Raymond AtugubaThis is an attempt to consolidate the contribution civil society has made to the making and reform of democracy and constitution in Ghana. The connect between the civil society and the process has not been smooth and is assessed to be suboptimal.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Assortment of SSRN Articles on Constitutional Law - May, 2015
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