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Emerging from national pasts marred by violence, conflict, and injustice, South African and Colombian societies have sought to establish futures founded on equality, democracy, and constitutionalism. Transitional Justice, Distributive Justice, and Transformative Constitutionalism: Comparing Colombia and South Africa offers the first dedicated scholarly comparison of the two countries in relation to the intersecting ideas of transitional justice, distributive justice, and transformative constitutionalism. Featuring contributions by Colombian and South African authors, this volume richly examines each country from a range of thematic perspectives as the basis for deep reflection and comparison...
Comparative constitutionalism emerged in its current form against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. As that backdrop recedes into the past, it is being replaced by a more multi-polar and confusing world, and the current state of the discipline of comparative constitutionalism reflects this fragmentation and uncertainty. This has opened up space for new, more varied, and increasingly critical voices seeking to improve the project of democratic constitutionalism. But it also raises questions: What of the past, if anything, is worth preserving? Which more recent parts should be defining of the field? In this context, this book asks which are - or should be...
This is the first book on proportionality in Latin American constitutional law. Leading scholars in the region explore how proportionality analysis has become a key part of the constitutional law of a region where, almost paradoxically, constitutions with clear transformative intentions coexist with the highest indicators of social inequality in the world. In this book, scholars, practitioners and students will find a fascinating account of how proportionality has been a central concept in Latin America's constitutional struggles to curtail excessive uses of state power. The book illustrates how, more recently, proportionality has played an important role in national processes of constitutionalization and transitional justice, and how its current uses in the domain of social rights endow it with a distinctive meaning and role in regional constitutionalism. This pioneering book opens up the space for a much needed global conversation on how Latin America has decisively contributed to comparative constitutional law.
This book examines the factors that facilitate the inclusion of women on high courts, while recognizing that many courts have a long way to go before reaching gender parity. Why did women start appearing on high courts when they did? Where have women made the most significant strides? To address these questions, the authors built the first cross-national and longitudinal dataset on the appointment of women and men to high courts. In addition, they provide five in-depth country case studies us to unpack the selection of justices to high courts in Canada, Colombia, Ireland, South Africa, and the United States. The cross-national lens and combination of quantitative analyses and detailed countr...
Offers a comprehensive overview of the key issues facing family law globally, and explores how different countries have tackled them.
Over the past 30 years, Latin America has lived through an intense period of constitutional change. Some reforms have been limited in their design and impact, while others have been far-reaching transformations to basic structural features and fundamental rights. Scholars interested in the law and politics of constitutional change in Latin America are turning increasingly to comparative methodologies to expose the nature and scope of these changes, to uncover the motivations of political actors, to theorise how better to execute the procedures of constitutional reform, and to assess whether there should be any limitations on the power of constitutional amendment. In this collection, leading and emerging voices in Latin American constitutionalism explore the complexity of the vast topography of constitutional developments, experiments and perspectives in the region. This volume offers a deep understanding of modern constitutional change in Latin America and evaluates its implications for constitutionalism, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
The revival of interest in comparative constitutional studies, alongside the rise of legal limitations to state action due to investment treaty commitments, calls for a unique analysis of both investment law and comparative constitutional law. The unresolved tensions that arise between the two are only beginning to be addressed by judges. Are courts resisting these new international limitations on their constitutional space? Constitutional Review and International Investment Law: Deference or Defiance? pioneers this discussion by examining how a selection of the highest courts around the world have addressed this potential discord. A comparison of decisions in the US, Europe, Colombia, Indon...
Después de treinta años de nuestra Constitución Política, esta obra colectiva presenta una investigación que recoge reflexiones que han marcado el constitucionalismo colombiano, principalmente, los desafíos de las transformaciones de las instituciones, mecanismos de protección y el régimen iusfundamental que materializa las relaciones entre los titulares o los destinatarios y el derecho, dejando a su paso un sinfín de avances y promesas incumplidas a lo largo de estas tres décadas de existencia. Sin duda, el paso del tiempo ha permitido que la academia sea crítica y propositiva a partir de una visión retrospectiva que analice los mandatos constitucionales claves como el fortaleci...
Las particularidades del derecho. administrativo y de la administración pública como objeto de estudio solo pueden comprenderse si se observa su constante evolución. Esta obra aborda precisamente las transformaciones de estos conceptos, que se enmarcan en una dialéctica constante entre lo tradicional y lo nuevo, pues el obrar administrativo responde a unas exigencias históricas, económicas y\' políticas concretas, pero a su vez solo puede comprenderse si se es consciente de las construcciones teóricas que han ayudado a su mejor comprensión. Así las cosas, es importante establecer la forma como el derecho administrativo se relaciona con otras disciplinas jurídicas y no jurídicas, la concepción de la administración desde una dimensión orgánica, y cómo las diferentes actividades que ésta asume han evolucionado para responder a los retos actuales que se generan con las nuevas tecnologías, la incertidumbre, las dinámicas del mercado y los fenómenos de internacionalización y globalización.