Constitutionalism in the Americas. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Colin Crawford and Daniel Bonilla Maldonado.
• Editors: Crawford, Colin; Bonilla Maldonado, Daniel
• Contents: 1. Introduction / Daniel Bonilla Maldonado and Colin Crawford -- Part I The relationship between Latin American and US constitutionalism -- 2. The political economy of legal knowledge / Daniel Bonilla Maldonado -- 3. The geopolitics of constitutionalism in Latin America / Jorge L. Esquirol -- Part II Latin American constitutionalism -- 4. Constitutionalism in the Americas: a comparison between the US and Latin America / Roberto Gargarella -- 5. Back to the Future? The return of sovereignty and the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of the states in Latin America's "radical constitutionalism" / Javier Couso -- 6. Constitutionalism old, new and unbound: the case of Mexico / Francisca Pou Giménez -- 7. Socioeconomic rights and majoritarian courts in Latin America / David Landau -- Part III US constitutionalism in the 21st century -- 8. Constitutional drafting in Latin America: a quantitative perspective / David S. Law and Tom Ginsburg -- 9. The global diffusion of U.S. legal thought: changing influence, national security and legal education in crisis / Fernanda Nicola -- 10. The limits of U.S. racial equality without a Latin American constitutional "right to work" -- a thought experiment / Tanya Katerí Hernández -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 342.7; LAW -- Comparative; Constitutional law -- America; LAW / Constitutional; LAW / Public; Constitutional & administrative law; LAW -- Constitutional; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Constitutions; Constitution: government & the state
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788113335; 1788113330
• Related ISBNs: 1788113322; 9781788113328
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on May 17, 2018).
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