Velasco-Rivera, Mariana and Colon-Rios, Joel (2023) The Material Constitution in Latin American Courts. In: The Cambridge Handbook of the Material Constitution. Cambridge University Press, pp. 275-287. ISBN 9781009023764. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023764.023
Velasco-Rivera, Mariana and Colon-Rios, Joel (2023) The Material Constitution in Latin American Courts. In: The Cambridge Handbook of the Material Constitution. Cambridge University Press, pp. 275-287. ISBN 9781009023764. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023764.023
Velasco-Rivera, Mariana and Colon-Rios, Joel (2023) The Material Constitution in Latin American Courts. In: The Cambridge Handbook of the Material Constitution. Cambridge University Press, pp. 275-287. ISBN 9781009023764. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023764.023
Abstract
The constitution in the material sense is not particularly popular among lawyers. As its conceptual predecessor (the doctrine of the historical constitution), the constitution in the material sense points toward a series of non-specified norms relating to the basic structure of government and to the relationship between citizens and the state. As such, it lacks the certainty often associated with legal rules. In this chapter, we will focus on two judgements of Latin American constitutional courts where, by relying on a specific conception of the material constitution, judges sought both to define the competence of the amending authority and to challenge the judicial imposition of implicit limits to the power of constitutional reform.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Material Constitution; Historical Constitution; Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments; Amending Power; Total Reform; Constituent Power |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Essex Law School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2025 18:57 |
Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2025 19:00 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40460 |
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