Coming Soon Unwritten Constitutional Norms: Theory and Implementation Beyond the Written Framework

Administrative / Constitutional Law

Unwritten Constitutional Norms: Theory and Implementation Beyond the Written Framework

By Piotr Mikuli
Coming Soon Informa Law from Routledge Available October 2026

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ISBN-13
9781041276326
Publisher
Informa Law from Routledge
Publication
October 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Primarily exploring political systems outside the Anglosphere, this book conducts a theoretical and comparative analysis of unwritten constitutional norms, focusing on their role in legislative and executive functions, as well as their recognition by the judiciary.

It provides an in-depth exploration of selected contexts in which unwritten norms operate across a wide range of constitutional systems, illustrated with concrete examples of how unwritten constitutional norms are applied. The interaction between written and unwritten norms emerges throughout the book as a factor shaping not only institutional behaviour but also patterns of constitutional interpretation. Together, the chapters offer insight into the complexity of contemporary constitutions and the informal dynamics that underpin their practical operation.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of constitutional law, legal theory, legal philosophy, and comparative law.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Piotr Mikuli

Part I: Theoretical and Comparative Insights
2. Unwritten constitutional rules and their potential within a written constitution’s operation
Piotr Mikuli and Radosław Puchta
3. Constitutionalism’s informal turn: Some issues
Brian Christopher Jones
4. Constitutional appropriateness, unwritten norms and the hermeneutic circle
John McGarry
5. Constitutional customs, conventions, and unwritten legal norms within the legislative power
Łukasz Jakubiak and Natalie Fox
6. Constitutional conventions and other unwritten norms within the executive power and systems of government
Łukasz Jakubiak and Aleksandra Dębowska
7. Unwritten constitutional norms in the EU legal order: Constitutional resilience through evolving constitutionalisation
Katja S. Ziegler
8. Unwritten fiscal constitutions and the foundations of state budgeting
Grzegorz Kuca

Part II: Unwritten Constitutional Norms and the Constitutional Systems
9. The parliamentary dissolution in France and the United Kingdom: How constitutional practices reinforce executive domination
Basile Ridard
10. Competences, fundamental rights and parliamentary conventions in the unwritten German constitution
Robert Böttner
11. Unwritten constitutional principles and implicit normativity in Italy: A multilevel perspective
Arianna Vedaschi
12. Debating the status of unwritten constitutional norms in Spain
Mauro Arturo Rivera León and Ángel Aday Jiménez Alemán
13. The issue of unwritten constitutional norms related to the right to pardon in Poland
Agnieszka Bień-Kacała
14. Constitutional conventions in Czechia
Michal Kubát and Miloš Brunclík
15. Unwritten constitutional norms in Hungary
Nóra Bán-Forgács and Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz
16. How to amend the unwritten Romanian constitution
Marieta Safta
17. Unwritten role of constitutional law and its impact on judicial independence in Serbia
Marina Matić Bošković and Jelena Kostić
18. The intricacies of unwritten constitutional norms: Concluding thoughts
Piotr Mikuli
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