A Practical Guide to Constitution Building

Asistencia internacional

El papel del apoyo internacional o exterior a los procesos nacionales de creación de constituciones tiene un impacto instrumental en el diseño de estos procesos y en las decisiones institucionales que finalmente se incluyen en las constituciones.

Programa de capacitación

El nuevo Recurso CONNECT para Creadores de Constituciones es una herramienta interactiva de capacitación que refuerza el intercambio de experiencias como vía para desarrollar la capacidad de los creadores de constituciones para la solución de algunos de los dilemas a los que se enfrentan en el proceso de creación de constituciones.

Manual

El Manual examina y analiza algunas de las decisiones de diseño institucional y de procedimientos consideradas recientemente por los creadores de constituciones durante los procesos contemporáneos.

Issue papers

Se analiza detenidamente una selección de temas a partir de diálogos incipientes y en marcha entre los creadores de las constituciones y otros especialistas.

Multimedios

Recopilación de recursos multimedia relativos a los procesos de creación de constituciones.

Enlaces a sitios web

Los enlaces a sitios web comprenden un listado exhaustivo de organizaciones y asociados relevantes que trabajan en el área de la creación de constituciones y otras materias relacionadas.

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About the Handbook

A Practical Guide to Constitution Building contains seven stand-alone chapters, which may be ordered separately or as a collection in one box.

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Publicado: 2011-12-15
Idioma: inglés
Páginas: 346
ISBN: 978-91-86565-38-1
Binding: Paperback
Lead editors: Markus Böckenförde, Nora Hedling, Winluck Wahiu

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The content of a constitution provides a blueprint for the operation of a state, guarantees rights and outlines mechanisms for their enforcement, as well as shapes the future of a nation. Constitutions that emerge after conflict are often a result of negotiated settlements and competition between many forces including identity-based groups, former parties to conflict, political and military actors and international actors.

A Practical Guide to Constitution Building provides an essential foundation for understanding constitutions and constitution building. Full of world examples of ground-breaking agreements and innovative provisions adopted during processes of constitutional change, the Guide offers a wide range of examples of how constitutions develop and how their development can establish and entrench democratic values. Beyond comparative examples, the Guide contains in-depth analysis of key components of constitutions and the forces of change that shape them.

The Guide analyzes the adoption of the substantive elements of a new constitution by looking at forces for the aggregation or dissemination of governmental power, and forces for greater legalization or politicization of governmental power, and examining how these forces influence the content of the constitution. It urges practitioners to look carefully at the forces at play within their individual contexts in order to better understand constitutional dynamics and play a role in shaping a constitution that will put into place a functioning democratic government and foster lasting peace.


[This Guide] supplies information that enriches initial discussions on constitutional design options and will prove extremely useful as an introduction to the understanding of the complex area of constitution building. … The world may soon witness a regional wave of democratic constitution building as a result of the current dynamics in the Arab world. Thus, this Guide is published at a timely moment.

Cassam Uteem, Former President of Mauritius

Chapters

An Introduction

An Introduction

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Publicado: 2011-11-21 Idioma: inglés Páginas: 76
ISBN: 978-91-86565-28-2

Principles and Cross-cutting Themes

Principles and Cross-cutting Themes

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Publicado: 2011-11-21 Idioma: inglés Páginas: 72
ISBN: 978-91-86565-29-9

Building a Culture of Human Rights

Building a Culture of Human Rights

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Publicado: 2011-11-21 Idioma: inglés Páginas: 72
ISBN: 978-91-86565-30-5

The Design of the Executive Branch

The Design of the Executive Branch

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Publicado: 2011-11-21 Idioma: inglés Páginas: 56
ISBN: 978-91-86565-31-2

The Design of the Legislature

The Design of the Legislature

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Publicado: 2011-11-21 Idioma: inglés Páginas: 68
ISBN: 978-91-86565-32-9

The Design of the Judicial Branch

The Design of the Judicial Branch

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Publicado: 2011-11-21 Idioma: inglés Páginas: 84
ISBN: 978-91-86565-33-6

Decentralized Forms of Government

Decentralized Forms of Government

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Publicado: 2011-11-21 Idioma: inglés Páginas: 60
ISBN: 978-91-86565-34-3

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