Interim Constitutions: Legal Nature and Performance

Name: Interim Constitutions: Legal Nature and Performance
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108484749
Price: 1639.30 HKD
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Author: Leena Grover
ISBN: 9781108484749

By Leena Grover

Coming Soon Cambridge University Press Available October 2026

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781108484749
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

In the wake of wars and revolutions, fragile societies increasingly turn to interim constitutions to enact their visions for a brighter future. With more than 150 interim constitutions enacted globally since 1789, an understanding is needed of these legal instruments and how well they perform. As the first major comparative study, Interim Constitutions: Legal Nature and Performance fills this void.

This authoritative guide for practitioners and scholars addresses how interim constitutions compare to other constitutional reform options, when they are used and why, their functions, drafting processes and main design features, negotiation challenges, and the benefits they yield – including whether they lead to final (non-interim) constitutions, as well as greater peace and democracy. Dozens of hypotheses in the state of the art on achieving successful transitions are tested and disrupted, leading to novel and useful insights for improving future practice.

This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Part I. Legal Nature:

1. Liminal spaces

2. Mapping the margins

3. Ancestors lost and found

4. Business not as usual

Part II. Performance:

5. Great expectations

6. Behind the curtains

7. Spinning plates

8. Out of the shadows

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