The Constitutional Canon: The Challenge Posed by a Transitional Constitutionalism (Symposium: The Canon(s) of Constitutional Law)

Abstract

How does a transitional constitutionalism challenge the constitutional canon? My recent book, TransitionalJustice (Ox- ford University Press, 2000), discusses constitutional theory in periods of radical political upheaval, and offers a transitional perspective on the American constitution. Here I merely high- light some ways that incorporating a transitional constitutional- ism might challenge, as well as supplement, the dominant constitutional canon.

Keywords: constitutional law, international law