The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment - 9781509934638

The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional AmendmentAuthor(s): Richard Albert, Xenophon Contiades, Alkmene Fotiadou\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Hart Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781509934638, 978-1509934638\nSynopsis\nThere is growing interest in constitutional amendment from a comparative perspective. Comparative constitutional amendment is the study of how constitutions change through formal and informal means, including alteration, revision, evolution, interpretation, replacement and revolution. The field invites scholars to draw insights about constitutional change across borders and cultures, to uncover the motivations behind constitutional change, to theorise best practices, and to identify the theoretical underpinnings of constitutional change.\n\nThis volume is designed to guide the emergence of comparative constitutional amendment as a distinct field of study in public law. Much of the recent scholarship in the field has .