The Cambridge Handbook on the Material Constitution

Administrative / Constitutional Law

The Cambridge Handbook on the Material Constitution

Edited by Marco Goldoni · Michael A. Wilkinson
Cambridge University Press January 2023

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ISBN-13
9781316519462
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
January 2023
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Despite a long and venerable tradition, the material constitution almost disappeared from constitutional scholarship after the Second World War. Its marginalisation saw the rise of a normative and legalistic style in constitutional law that neglected the role of social reality and political economy. This collection not only retrieves the history and development of the concept of the material constitution, but it tests its theoretical and practical relevance in the contemporary world. With essays from a diverse range of contributors, the collection demonstrates that the material constitution speaks to several pressing issues, from the significance of economic development in constitutional orders to questions of constitutional identity. Offering original analyses supported by international case studies, this book develops a new model of constitutional reality, one that informs our understanding of the world in profound ways.

Table of Contents

Introduction: the return of the material constitution
Marco Goldoni and Michael A. Wilkinson
Part I. History:
1. The tradition of the material constitution in Western Marxism
Marco Goldoni and Michael A. Wilkinson
2. The soul of the state: the question of constitutional identity in Carl Schmitt's Verfassungslehre
Jens Meierhenrich
3. Laski's materialist analysis of the British constitution
Martin Loughlin
4. Rudolf Smend's legacy in German constitutional theory
Tim Wihl
5., The constitution in the material sense according to Costantino Mortati
Lucia Rubinelli
6. The material constitution of the dual State
Lars Vinx
7. 'A certain shadowy totality': in search of the material constitution of the United States
Rob Hunter
8. 'The material constitution in Greek constitutional thought'
Nikolas Vagoudtis
9. The constitution as social compromise: hybrid constitutionalisation and the legacy of Wolfgang Abendroth
Kolja Möller
10. 'Self-justifying law of constitutional law': the material constitution in Rudolf Wiethölter's critical systems theory
Gunther Teubner
Part II. Challenges:
11. The material constitution and imperialism
Eva Nanopoulos
12. The material constitution of Federation
Signe Rehling Larsen
13. The materialist turn in constitutional thought
Emilios Christodoulidis
14. Three registers of the material constitution
Neil Walker
15. What matter(s)? a processual view of the material constitution
Mariano Croce
16. The material constitution and the rule of recognition
Francesco Bilancia and Stefano Civitarese Matteucci
17. Constitutional matter and form (an exploration of constitutional language)
Denis Baranger
Part III. Analyses:
18. A material understanding of constitutional changes: revisiting 'constitutional maintenance' doctrines
Graziella Romeo
19. The material constitution in Latin American courts
Mariana Velasco-Rivera and Joel Colón-Ríos
20. A materialist analysis of the Indian constitution
Sandipto Dasgupta
21. China's material constitution
Bui Ngoc Son
22. The material constitution and extractive political economy: lessons from Mongolia
Jennifer Lander
23. The military in the material constitution of Turkey
Tarik Olcay
24. The material constitution of international investment law
Jessica Lawrence and Tom Flynn
25. The 'terrible' functional constitution of the European Union: 'sound money', economic freedom(s) and 'free competition'
Agustin José Menéndez
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