Book contents
- Reviews
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion toComparative Constitutional Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases (Selection)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Historical Experiences
- Part III Constitutional Principles
- Part IV State Institutions
- Part V Transnational Constitutionalism
- 18 Multi-Layered Constitutions
- 19 International Constitutionalism
- 20 European Constitutionalism
- 21 A New Commonwealth Constitutionalism?
- 22 Constitutional Transplants
- Index
- References
18 - Multi-Layered Constitutions
from Part V - Transnational Constitutionalism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2019
Book contents
- Reviews
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion toComparative Constitutional Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases (Selection)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Historical Experiences
- Part III Constitutional Principles
- Part IV State Institutions
- Part V Transnational Constitutionalism
- 18 Multi-Layered Constitutions
- 19 International Constitutionalism
- 20 European Constitutionalism
- 21 A New Commonwealth Constitutionalism?
- 22 Constitutional Transplants
- Index
- References
Summary
Examination of the state-centric dynamics of constitutions can only partially illuminate the multi-faceted characteristics of constitutional law. A statist focus often obscures both internal and external dimensions of constitutions themselves, and of the broader structures and patterns of governance that exist within and beyond nations. Either explicitly or implicitly, constitutions speak to the sub- as well as to the inter- and supra-national, and provide a lens through which obligations and pressures arising in each differing context might be reflected. Constitutions are, as such, inherently multi-layered.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law , pp. 473 - 497Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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