New constitutionalism in Latin America [electronic resource] : promises and practices / edited by Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the times they are a changin : constitutional transformations in Latin America since the 1990s / Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor -- Explaining constitutional change : comparing the logic, advantages and shortcomings of static and dynamic approaches / Astrid Lorenz -- Toward a theory of formal constitutional change : mechanisms of constitutional adaptation in Latin America -- Gabriel negretto -- Still the land of presidentialism? : executives and the Latin American constitution / José Antonio Cheibub, Zachary Elkins and Tom Ginsburg -- What do we mean when we talk about "critical constitutionalism"? : some reflections on the new Latin American constitutions / Albert Noguera -- Latin American constitutionalism : historical development and distinctive traits / Laurence Whitehead -- Latin American constitutionalism then and now : promises and questions / Roberto Gargarella -- Neo-constitutionalism in twenty-first century Venezuela : participatory democracy, deconcentrated decentralization or centralized populism? / Rickard Lalander -- New constitutions and the transformation of democracy in Bolivia and Ecuador / Jonas Wolff -- Constitutionalizing policy : the Brazilian constitution of 1988 and its impact on governance / Rogerio Arantes and Claudio Couto -- Change and continuity in Dominican constitutions : the 2010 reform compared / Leiv Marsteintredet -- Chile : democratization through constitutional reforms / Claudio Fuentes -- Institutional design and judicial behaviour : constitutional interpretation of criminal due process rights in Latin America / Julio Rios-Figueroa -- Constitutional courts and constitutional change : analyzing the cases of presidential re-election in Latin America / Elena Martínez-Barahona -- Colombia's 1991 constitution : a rights revolution / Juan Fernando Jaramillo -- How does new constitutionalism respond to the human rights challenges posed by transnational corporations? / Claudia Müller-Hoff -- Plurinational constitutionalism : a new era of indigenous-state relations? / Almut Schilling-Vacaflor and Rene Kuppe -- Turning legal pluralism into state-sanctioned law : assessing the implications of the new constitutions and laws in Bolivia and Ecuador / Anna Barrera -- The new Latin American constitutionalism : beyond liberal democracy? / Detlef Nolte and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor.

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