Using Constitutional Realism to Identify the Complete Constitution: Lessons from an Unwritten Constitution

Palmer, Matthew S. R.

doi:10.1093/ajcl/54.3.587

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“…El orden constitucional puede incluir, además del propio texto constitucional, otros instrumentos escritos (jurídicos o cuasijurídicos) con relevancia constitucional. Tales instrumentos pueden incluir leyes electorales, leyes de financiación de partidos, leyes sobre el nombramiento de la judicatura y la organización de los tribunales, tratados internacionales, el reglamento del parlamento y sentencias judiciales (Palmer, 2006).…”

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¿Qué es una constitución? Principios y conceptos

Bulmer¹

2020

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Los diferentes volúmenes de las Guías Introductorias para la Elaboración Constitucional pretenden contribuir a los procesos nacionales de elaboración o reforma constitucional ayudando a los ciudadanos, partidos políticos, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, funcionarios públicos y miembros de asambleas constituyentes a tomar decisiones constitucionales informadas. Además proporcionan orientación al personal de las organizaciones intergubernamentales y a otros agentes externos en su intento de apoyar de manera informada y relevante al contexto a los decisores políticos locales. Las Guías se han concebido como introducción para lectores no especializados y como recordatorio útil para lectores con conocimientos previos o experiencia en elaboración constitucional. Las Guías, organizadas temáticamente en torno a las decisiones prácticas que deben tomar los redactores constitucionales, tienen como objetivo explicar cuestiones constitucionales complejas de manera rápida y sencilla.

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¿Qué es una constitución? Principios y conceptos

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“…This is not to say that entrenching a bill of rights in New Zealand would necessarily have the identical American result. New Zealand's historical understanding that the constitution includes social mores as well as both written and unwritten conventions which are fluid and continually evolving is a different kind of constitutionalism altogether (Joseph, 2001;Palmer, Geiringer and White, 2005;Palmer, 2006b). And where American constitutionalism encourages justices not to engage in debates over fairness, the New Zealand belief that courts are in a dynamic dialogue with Parliament (Butler, 2004) could be enough to slow New Zealand's descent into the debilitating legalism that discourages the fairness question.…”

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American constitutionalism an impediment to the pursuit of fairness? Lessons from New Zealand political culture

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2009

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Returning to America from an intensive five week study of New Zealand political culture, one thing really stands out: the New Zealand interest in asking what is fair. This is not to say that I can objectively establish that New Zealand is more fair than America. True, many New Zealand practices do seem fairer to me. For example, it definitely seems like the caretaker government conventions are more fair than the American norm of presidents making appointments and starting initiatives after losing an election. And I really do like New Zealand's Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), which effectively eliminates ambulance chasing by lawyers.

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“…We take a constitutional realist theoretical perspective to investigate how public power is constituted in New Zealand (M. S. R. Palmer, 2006aPalmer, , 2006b. Constitutional realists attempt to understand the whole constitutional system by examining not only the texts that codify constitutional laws but also the structures, principles and conventions that form the ways in which public power is exercised.…”

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Avoiding the worst impacts of global warming is a matter of systemic change and political will. An easily adaptable political system would be resilient to the effects of climate change, since a government could maintain effective control by implementing incremental changes. However, except for the United Kingdom (UK), Israel and New Zealand, all other states have rigid codified constitutions. Drawing on cybernetics and variety engineering, the study of New Zealand’s constitutional system presented in this article suggests that a rigid codified constitution has merits for addressing long-term problems, such as climate change and sustainable development. Cover image photo: Christoph Strässler

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Using Constitutional Realism to Identify the Complete Constitution: Lessons from an Unwritten Constitution

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