David Landau

Florida State University - College of Law

Mason Ladd Professor, Associate Dean for International Programs

425 W. Jefferson Street

Tallahassee, FL 32306

United States

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1.

Abusive Constitutionalism

47 UC Davis Law Review 189 (2013), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 646
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 04 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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constitutional amendment, constitution-making, unconstitutional constitutional amendment, basic structure doctrine, unamendable constitutional provisions, Venezuela, Hungary, democratic transition, authoritarian regimes, democracy clauses, party-banning, constitutional design

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The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2017 Global Review of Constitutional Law

The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2017 Global Review of Constitutional Law. ISBN: 978-0-692-15916-3. Published by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 888, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 330 Posted: 22 Aug 2018
Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Šimon Drugda
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Florida State University - College of Law, University of Trieste and University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law
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Comparative Constitutional Law; Constitutional Law; Constitutional Politics; Constitutional Courts; Supreme Courts; Global Constitutionalism; Comparative Law; Public Law; I-CONnect; Judicial Review; Judicial Politics; Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy

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The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement

53 Harvard International Law Journal 189 (2012)., FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 488
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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socio-economic rights, comparative constitutional law, remedies, constitutional law

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Constitution-Making Gone Wrong

64 Alabama Law Review 923 (2013), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 587
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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constitution-making, constitutional theory, comparative constitutional law, Latin America, regime change, democratization

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The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2016 Global Review of Constitutional Law

The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2016 Global Review of Constitutional Law. ISBN: 9780692925164. Published by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy.
Number of pages: 234 Posted: 10 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2017
Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Šimon Drugda
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Florida State University - College of Law, University of Trieste and University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law
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Comparative Constitutional Law; Constitutional Law; Constitutional Politics; Constitutional Courts; Supreme Courts; Global Constitutionalism; Comparative Law; Public Law; I-CONnect; Judicial Review; Judicial Politics

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The Importance of Constitution-Making

89 Denver University Law Review 611 (2012), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 589
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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Constitution-Making, Constitutional Design, Comparative Constitutional Law, Honduras

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Political Institutions and Judicial Role in Comparative Constitutional Law

51 Harvard International Law Journal 319 (2010)
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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constitutional theory, constitutional law, comparative constitutional law

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Report to the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation of Honduras: Constitutional Issues

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 536
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 23 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
David Landau, Noah Feldman, Brian Sheppard and Leonidas Rosa Suazo
Florida State University - College of Law, Harvard Law School, Seton Hall University School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Latin American law & politics, constitutional law, constitutional reform, Honduras, coup, constitutional design, constitutional theory, constituent assemblies, constitutional change, unamendable constitutional provisions

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Constraining Constitutional Change

Wake Forest Law Review, Forthcoming, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 758
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Jul 2015
David Landau and Rosalind Dixon
Florida State University - College of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law
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constitutional replacement, abusive constitutionalism, constitutional amendment, unconstitutional constitutional amendment

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Tiered Constitutional Design

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 86, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 839
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 05 May 2017
Rosalind Dixon and David Landau
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law and Florida State University - College of Law
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constitutional amendment, constitutional change, abusive constitutionalism, constitutional design, unconstitutional constitutional amendment

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A Dynamic Theory of Judicial Role

55 Boston College Law Review 1501 (2014), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 692
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 19 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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judicial role, Global South, constitutional theory, political process theory

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Populist Constitutions

85 University of Chicago Law Review, 2018, Forthcoming, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 861
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Oct 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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Populism, Constitutionalism, Authoritarian Constitutionalism, Democratic Erosion, Democratic Backsliding, Constitutional Change

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Instituciones Políticas y Función Judicial en Derecho Constitucional Comparado (Political Institutions and Judicial Role in Comparative Constitutional Law)

Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 13, No. 24, p. 13, 2011
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Jun 2011
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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constitutional theory, political institutions, political parties, comparative constitutional law

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Substitute and Complement Theories of Judicial Review

92 Indiana Law Journal 1283 (2017), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 825
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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structural safeguards of federalism, constitutional theory, judicial review

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Legal Pragmatism and Comparative Constitutional Law

Comparative Constitutional Theory (Gary Jacobsohn and Miguel Schor, eds., 2017 Forthcoming, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 847
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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legal pragmatism, comparative constitutional law, proportionality, Richard Posner

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Aggressive Weak Form Remedies

5 Constitutional Court Review (South Africa) 244 (2014), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 649
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2015
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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socioeconomic rights, remedies, weak-form enforcement, Colombia, South Africa, Grootboom, Brian Ray

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Democratic Erosion and Constitution-Making Moments: The Role of International Law

University of California Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, 2017 Forthcoming, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 826
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 06 May 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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constitution-making, constituent power theory, Venice Commission, public participation, democracy clause, constitutional moment

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Reporte a La Comisión De La Verdad y La Reconciliación De Honduras: Asuntos Constitucionales (Report to the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation of Honduras: Constitutional Issues)

Number of pages: 101 Posted: 28 Oct 2011
David Landau, Noah Feldman, Brian Sheppard and Leonidas Rosa Suazo
Florida State University - College of Law, Harvard Law School, Seton Hall University School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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America Latina, Honduras, Comision de la Verdad y la Reconciliacion, Golpe de Estado, Diseno Constitucional, Teoria Constitucional, Cambio Constitucional, José Manuel Zelaya Rosales

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Constituent Power and Constitution-Making in Latin America

Comparative Constitution-Making (Edward Elgar Press) (Hanna Lerner & David Landau, eds., 2019 Forthcoming), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 881
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Aug 2018
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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constitution-making, constituent power theory, constituent assembly, Latin America, Venezuelan Constitution, Bolivian Constitution, Colombian Constitution

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Term Limits and the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine: Lessons from Latin America

Forthcoming, Alexander Baturo and Robert Elgie eds., Politics of Presidential Term Limits (Oxford University Press), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 887
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Jul 2018
David Landau, Yaniv Roznai and Rosalind Dixon
Florida State University - College of Law, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya - Radzyner School of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law
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Term Limits; Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine; Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments; Latin America; Constitutions; Democracy; Courts; Transnational Anchoring; Eternity Clauses; Abusive Constitutionalism

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From an Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment to an Unconstitutional Constitution? Lessons From Honduras

Global Constitutionalism, Forthcoming , FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 886
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Jul 2018
David Landau, Rosalind Dixon and Yaniv Roznai
Florida State University - College of Law, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya - Radzyner School of Law
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unconstitutional constitutional amendments, abusive constitutionalism, judicial review of constitutional norms, term limits, Honduras

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Judicial Role and the Limits of Constitutional Convergence in Latin America:

In Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America (Rosalind Dixon and Tom Ginsburg, eds., 2017 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jan 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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constitutional convergence, constitutional rights, same-sex marriage, Latin America, socioeconomic rights

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Presidential Term Limits in Latin America and the Limits of Transnational Constitutional Dialogue

12 Law & Ethics of Human Rights, Forthcoming, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 862
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Oct 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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Executive Power, Term limits, Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine, Constitutional Change, Democratic Erosion

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Political Support and Structural Constitutional Law

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 67, No. 4, 2016, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 824
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Jan 2017
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law
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structural constitutional law, separation of powers, Colombia, Mexico, constitutional theory, structural safeguards of federalism

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Abusive Judicial Review: Courts Against Democracy

53 UC Davis Law Review, 2020, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 07 May 2019
David Landau and Rosalind Dixon
Florida State University - College of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law
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democratic erosion, abusive constitutionalism, judicial review, judicial independence

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Federalism for the Worst Case

105 Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 22 Apr 2019
David Landau, Hannah Jacobs Wiseman and Samuel R. Wiseman
Florida State University - College of Law, Florida State University - College of Law and Florida State University College of Law
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federalism, authoritarianism, tyranny, anti-commandeering

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Transnational Constitutionalism and a Limited Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment

13 (3) International Journal of Constitutional Law __ (2015 Forthcoming), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 759
Posted: 01 Jul 2015
Rosalind Dixon and David Landau
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law and Florida State University - College of Law

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constitutional amendment, unconstitutional constitutional amendment, basic structure doctrine, substitution of the constitution, Indian Supreme Court, Colombian Constitutional Court, transnational engagement

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The Promise of a Minimum Core Approach: The Colombian Model for Judicial Review of Austerity Measures

Economic and Social Rights after the Global Financial Crisis (Aoife Nolan, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2014), Forthcoming, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 644
Posted: 24 Jul 2013
David Landau
Florida State University - College of Law

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social rights, socio-economic rights, minimum core, Colombia, austerity measures, economic crisis