Writing Constitutions

Volume 3: Constitutional Principles
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-85058-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 421 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 933 g

intends to serve as a manual for those writing constitutions or interested in their design. It is the first coherent, systematic and universal approach to capture concept and content of a modern constitution. Constitutional Principles as outlined in Volume III reflect the underlying philosophy and identity of a nation. They include core concepts such as the , and , the , and the , flanked by constitutional designs for a , an , the and a . The comparative, step-by-step approach empowers judges, lawyers, civil rights activists, legislators and academics to draft and interpret the major constitutional principles.

comes in three volumes:

• Volume I: Institutions
• Volume II: Fundamental Rights
• Volume III: Constitutional Principles

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Babeck, Wolfgang

Weber, Albrecht

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Verfassungsgeschichte, Verfassungsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction to Constitutional Principles: 1 Introduction to Constitutional Principles 2 Preambles Part II: The Internationalization of the Constitution: 3 The International Framework of the Constitution ( ).- Part III: Democracy: 4 Democracy – The People 5 Choosing Electoral Systems in Times of Electoral Manipulation 6 Direct Democracy (Popular Referendum) Part IV: Rule of Law – Rechtsstaat – État de droit: 7 The Concept of the Rule of Law 8 Rule of Law: Specific Elements and Separation of Powers Part V: Welfare State and Social State Principle: 9 Welfare State and Social State Principle Part VI: Culture and Constitution: 10 Culture and Constitution ( ).- Part VII: The Ecological Constitution: 11 The Ecological Constitution Part VIII: Territorial Division of Power: 12 Territorial Division of Powers

Über Autor(innen)

Wolfgang Babeck  is an honorary adjunct professor at Bond University, Australia and a commercial lawyer admitted in New South Wales, England and Wales and Germany. Over the past 25 years Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Babeck has been involved in legal and constitutional reforms in Lithuania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam. Both in 2010 and in 2017 he chaired a constitutional conference for the country of Georgia. He is the chair of the International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and lives in Sydney and occasionally in Berlin.

Albrecht Weber  is a renowned scholar in the field of comparative constitutional law, European law and Fundamental Rights. Em. Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weber has taught in Osnabrück, Germany; France; Spain; Italy and Canada. He has published widely in the area, e.g. Europäische Verfassungsvergleichung (2010); European Constitutions Compared (2019); Fundamental Rights in Europe and North America (ed. 2000-2007); Menschenrechte. Texte und Fallpraxis (2004). He acted as Legal Counsel for Supreme Court Judges of Georgia before the European Court of Human Rights (2007-2018) and participated in the Constitutional Conference for Georgia in Berlin 2017. He lives in Osnabrück.