Joel I. Colón-Ríos

Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law

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1.

Contemporary Theories of Equality: A Critical Review

Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico, Vol. 74, p. 131, 2005, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 15/2013
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2014
Martin Hevia and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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equality, luck egalitarianism, politics of difference, theories of equality, Rawls, Young

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The End of the Constitutionalism-Democracy Debate

Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, Vol. 28, 2010, CLPE Research Paper No. 3/2009, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 19/2011
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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constitutionalism, democracy, constitutional change, popular participation, constituent power, Ronald Dworkin, Jeremy Waldron, Bruce Ackerman

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Five Conceptions of Constituent Power

Joel I. Colón-Ríos, “Five Conceptions of Constituent Power”, 130 Law Quarterly Review 306-336 (2014), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 127/2017
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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constituent power, parliamentary sovereignty, common law constitutionalism, unconstitutional constitutional amendments, popular sovereignty, Imperial Parliament, colonial constitutions, right to instruct representatives, right of resistance, constituent authority, sovereignty

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Democracy and Revolution: An Enduring Relationship?

Denver University Law Review, Forthcoming, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 19/2013
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 07 May 2013
Allan Hutchinson and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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democratic revolution, transformation of state, constitutionalism and democracy, constitutional means to democracy, constituent power

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What's Democracy Got to Do With It? A Critique of Liberal Constitutionalism

CLPE Research Paper No. 29/2007, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 22/2013
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
Allan Hutchinson and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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democracy, liberal constitutionalism, Dworkin

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Chapter 1 - Weak Constitutionalism: Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power

Weak Constitutionalism: Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power, Chapter 1 (Routledge, 2012), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 33/2012
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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constituent power, constitutional change, constitutionalism, weak constitutionalism, democracy, popular participation, unconstitutional constitutional amendments, Latin American constitutionalism, popular constitutionalism, legitimacy, constitutional reform

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Democracy and Constitutional Change

Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, No. 127, 2011, Osgoode CLPE Research Paper No. 48/2010, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 16/2011
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2015
Allan Hutchinson and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Democracy, Constitution, Constitutionalist, anti-constitutionalist, U.S. State of California, judicial interpretation

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The Legitimacy of the Juridical: Constituent Power, Democracy, and the Limits of Constitutional Reform

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 48, p. 199, 2010, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 21/2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Reform, Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments, Constituent Power, Democracy, Democratic Legitimacy, Constitutionalism, Carl Schmitt, Popular Participation, Constituent Assembly, Constitutional Change

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Carl Schmitt and Constituent Power in Latin American Courts: The Cases of Venezuela and Colombia

Joel Colón-Ríos, CARL SCHMITT AND CONSTITUENT POWER IN LATIN AMERICAN COURTS: THE CASES OF VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA, Constellations, 2011, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 24/2012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constituent Power, Constitution-Making, Constitutional Change, Latin America, Constitutionalism, Colombia, Venezuela, Carl Schmitt

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The Second Dimension of Democracy: The People and Their Constitution

Baltic Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2009, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 25/2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2011
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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democracy, democratic legitimacy, popular sovereignty, constitutionalism, constitution-making, constitutional reform, Dworkin, Waldron

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The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulty and the Road Not Taken: Democratizing Amendment Rules

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Vol. XXV, No. 1, 2012, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 20/2013
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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judicial review, constitutional change, weak judicial review, strong judicial review, democracy, popular participation, popular initiatives, constitutional review, constitutional interpretation, popular constitutionalism

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Notes on Democracy and Constitution-Making

New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2011, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 21/2013
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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democracy, constitution-making, popular participation, constituent assemblies

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The Three Waves of the Constitutionalism-Democracy Debate in the United States: (And an Invitation to Return to the First)

Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, Vol. 18, p. 1, 2010, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 23/2011
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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constitutionalism, democracy, constitutionalism-democracy debate, constituent power, constitutional reform

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The Legal Status of Puerto Rico and the Institutional Requirements of Republicanism

Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, 2011, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 17/2013
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2013
Martin Hevia and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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constitutional theory, democracy, rule of law, republicanism, Puerto Rico

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What Is a Constitutional Transition

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2021
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Constitutional Design

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De-Constitutionalizing Democracy

California Western Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2010, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 20/2011
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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democracy, constitutionalism, weak constitutionalism, popular constitutionalism, constituent power, participation, constitutional interpretation

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Rousseau, Theorist of Constituent Power

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2016, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 128/2017
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 May 2016 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Rousseau, constituent power, representation, direct democracy, sovereignty, social contract

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The State of Comparative Constitutional Law: A Democratic Critique

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Apr 2022
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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comparative constitutional law; constitutional theory; democracy; democratic constitutional theory; liberal constitutional theory

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New Zealand’s Constitutional Crisis

New Zealand Universities Law Review, Vol. 24. No. 3, 2011, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 22/2011
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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New Zealand, democratic legitimacy, constituent power, unwritten constitutions, democracy, constituent assemblies, referendums, popular initiatives

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A New Typology of Judicial Review of Legislation

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A New Typology of Judicial Review of Legislation

3(2) Global Constitutionalism 143-169 (2014)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 May 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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judicial review, parliamentary sovereignty, common law constitutionalism, weak judicial review, strong judicial review, basic structure, Latin American constitutionalism, constituent power, unconstitutional constitutional amendments, constituent assemblies, constitutional courts

A New Typology of Judicial Review of Legislation

(2014) 3(2) Global Constitutionalism 143-169
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Nov 2016
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Judicial Review, Legislation, Constitutional Law

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Beyond Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Supremacy: The Doctrine of Implicit Limits to Constitutional Reform in Latin America

44(3) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 521-534 (2013), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 116/2017
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 13 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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parliamentary sovereignty, Latin American constitutionalism, Colombia, unconstitutional constitutional amendents, common law constitutionalism, judicial supremacy, basic structure, constituent power

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Naturaleza, Legitimación Activa, Y El Río Whanganui (Nature, Standing, and the Whanganui River)

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 May 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Rights of Nature, New Zealand, Judicial Application

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Law, Language, and the Latin American Constitutions

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2011, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 16/2013
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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law and language, language rights, constitution-making, Latin American constitutionalism, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela

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From Redistribution to Recognition

“De la Redistribución al Reconocimiento” [From Redistribution to Recognition] (with Martín Hevia) in El Derecho a la Igualdad: Aportes para un Constitucionalismo Igualitario (Vol. II) (Roberto Gargarella & Marcelo Alegre eds.) (Buenos Aires: Abeledo Perrot, 2012)., Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 18/2013
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos and Martin Hevia
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
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egalitarianism, politics of difference, politics of recognition

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La Excepción De Orden Público En El Derecho Internacional Privado (The Public Order Exception in Private International Law)

Reproduced in Luis Muñiz-Argüelles, Derecho Internacional Privado Puertorriqueño: Materiales, Orientaciones e Interrogantes (Bogotá: Editorial Temis, 2016) 535-556, [The Public Order Exception in Private International Law] 71 Rev. Jur. U.P.R. 781 (2002)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Jun 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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International Law, Ordre Public

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Notas Sobre La Reforma Constitucional Y Sus Límites (Notes on the Amending Power and its Limits)

In Juan Carlos Henao (ed) Dialogos Constitucionales de Colombia con el Mundo (Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2013) pp 383-402, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 94/2018
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2018
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Limits, Latin America, Columbia

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Review Essay: What Makes the International Investment Rules Regime Undemocratic?

German Law Journal, Vol. 10, No. 8, pp. 1309-1320, August 2009, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 24/2011
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2011
Joel I. Colón-Ríos and Martin Hevia
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
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Democracy, Investment Rules Regime, BITs, Schneiderman, Representative Democracy, International Treaties

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The Rights of Nature and the New Latin American Constitutionalism

New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law (2015) , Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 119/2017
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Sustainability, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Latin America

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Kelsen in New Zealand (in Spanish)

ECOS DE KELSEN: EN EL CENTERNARIO DE LA PUBLICACIÓN DE LOS PROBLEMAS CAPITALES DEL DERECHO, Gonzalo A. Ramírez Cleves, ed., Bogotá, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2011
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Hans Kelsen, New Zealand, Grundnorm, Basic Norm

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Re-Constituting Puerto Rico

Revista del Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico, Vol. 67, No. 2, April-June 2006, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 117/2017
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 May 2008 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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asamblea constituyente, Puerto Rico, asamblea constitucional de status, poder constituyente, constituent power, Estado Libre Asociado, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

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Constitutionalism and Democracy in Latin America

New Zealand Association for Comparative Law Yearbook (2015), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 118/2017
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Latin America, Democracy

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TEORÍA CONSTITUCIONAL Y ASAMBLEA CONSTITUYENTE (Constitutional Theory and Constituent Assemblies)

Revista Jurídica Universidad Inter-Americana de Puerto Rico, 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 May 2013
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Puerto Rico, Constituent Assembly, constituent power, colonialism, decolonization, self-determination, secession

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Constituent Power, the Rights of Nature, and Universal Jurisdiction

McGill Law Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, 2014, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 129/2017
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 May 2016 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Universal Jurisdiction, Rights of Nature, Constituent Power, Self-Determination, State Sovereignty, Ecuador, Constitution of Ecuador, Sovereignty

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Constituent Processes and Democratic Ruptures

"Constituent Processes and Democratic Ruptures" (2016) 64(2) American Journal of Comparative Law pp 505. , Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 130/2017
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Constitutional Design

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¿Pueden Haber Enmiendas Constitucionales Inconstitucionales? Una Mirada Al Derecho Comparado (Can There Be Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments? A Comparative Perspective)

Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 95/2018
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2018
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Comparative Law

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Constituent Power, Primary Assemblies, and the Imperative Mandate

Joel I. Colon-Rios, “Primary Assemblies, Constituent Power, and the Imperative Mandate” in Elgar Handbook of Comparative Constitution-Making (Hanna Lerner & David Landau eds.) (Edward Elgar, 2019), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 12/2021
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constituent power; primary assemblies; imperative mandate; constituent instructions; Rousseau; Sieyes

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Apuntes Sobre Legitimidad Democrática y Asambleas Constituyentes (Notes about Democratic Legitimacy and Constituent Assemblies)

Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 97/2018
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2018
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constituent Assembly, Democracy, Latin America

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The Constitution of Puerto Rico

Joel I. Colón-Ríos, "The Constitution of Puerto Rico" in Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions (Albert, O'Brien, Wheatle eds.) (OUP 2020)., Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 9/2021
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Puerto Rico, Commonwealth, Constitution of Puerto Rico, U.S. colonialism, colonialism, Insular Cases, PROMESA, Puerto Rico status

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Public Participation in New Zealand's Regulatory Processes

"Public Participation in New Zealand’s Regulatory Processes" in Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013).
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 23 Sep 2015
Mark J. Bennett and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Regulation, Participation, Public Participation, Democracy, Law, Electricity, Network, Environment

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Public Participation and Regulation

"Public Participation and Regulation" in Susy Frankel (ed) Learning From the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2011).
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 23 Sep 2015
Mark J. Bennett and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Regulation, Law, Participation, Public Participation, Democracy

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Constituciones Duraderas – Una Crítica Democrática (Enduring Constitutions – A Democratic Critique)

Anuario de Derecho Público, No. 1, p. 437-460 (2011)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Dec 2016
Allan Hutchinson and Joel I. Colón-Ríos
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Consitutions, Democracy

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Of Omnipotent Things

Joel Colón-Ríos, "Of Omnipotent Things", 52 Conn. L. Rev. (2020, Forthcoming), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 11/2021
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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sovereignty, constituent power, constituent authority, dictatorship, constitution-making, constitutional change, constituent assemblies

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Democratizar a Puerto Rico (Democratising Puerto Rico)

85 Revista Jurídica UPR 857-882 (2016), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 120/2017
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Democracy, Puerto Rico

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Constitutionalising the Senate: A Modest Democratic Proposal

Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 96/2018
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2018
Joel I. Colón-Ríos and Allan Hutchinson
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law and York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Senate, Constitutional Order, Legislation

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Experimentation and Regulation

“Experimentation and Regulation” in Framing the Commons: Cross-Cutting Issues in Regulation (Susy Frankel & John Yeabsly eds.) (Victoria University Press, 2014) 94-111, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 100/2018
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2018
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Policy, Regulation, Policy Experimentation

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The Forms and Limits of Constitutional Amendments

'The Forms and Limits of Constitutional Amendments' (2015) 13(3) International Journal of Constitutional Law pp 567-574., Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 10/2021
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 20 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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The Office of the Speaker and the Constitution of Niue: A Brief Comparative Analysis

Yearbook of the New Zealand Association for Comparative Law, Vol. 17, 33-44 (2012), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 98/2018
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2018
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Niue, Government Procedure

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The Meaning of Majority in the Constitution of Niue

Yearbook of the New Zealand Association for Comparative Law, Vol. 17, 27-32 (2012), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 99/2018
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2018
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Constitutional Design, Niue

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Las Opiniones 'Secretas' Del Tribunal Supremo De Estados Unidos: ¿El Fin Del Debate Sobre El Estatus? (The Secret Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court: The End of the Status Debate?)

[The Secret Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court: The End of the Status Debate?], Claridad (August, 2011)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 29 May 2017
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Puerto Rico, the United States Supreme Court

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Constituent Power and Referenda

Joel Colón-Ríos, “Constituent Power and Referenda”, 20(4) Contemporary Political Theory 935-940 (2021).
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 09 Mar 2022
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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referenda, referendums, constituent referendums, constituent power, imperative mandate

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El poder de una Asamblea Constituyente: reflexiones acerca de la Constitución de 1991 y su artículo 376 (The Power of a Constituent Assembly: Reflections on the Constitution of 1991 and its Article 376)

Revista Derecho del Estado N° 50, Septiembre - Diciembre 2021
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Oct 2021
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law
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Constituent power; constituent assembly; sovereignty; Constitution of 1991; constitution-making; constitutional reform; imperative mandate

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Review of Eoin Daly's Rousseau's Constitutionalism: Austerity and Republican Freedom

"Review of Eoin Daly’s Rousseau’s Constitutionalism: Austerity and Republican Freedom" Cambridge Law Journal (2019) 78(2) pp 471-474.
Posted: 20 Oct 2020
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law

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Book Review: The Legal Foundations of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860

"Book Review: The Legal Foundations of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860" (2017) 15(2) International Journal of Constitutional Law pp 563-566.
Posted: 20 Oct 2020
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law

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