Joel I. Colón-Ríos

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law

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1.

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, Te Herenga Waka - 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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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - 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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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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

6.

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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Democracy, Constitution, Constitutionalist, anti-constitutionalist, U.S. State of California, judicial interpretation

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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democracy, liberal constitutionalism, Dworkin

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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 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, Te Herenga Waka - 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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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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democracy, constitution-making, popular participation, constituent assemblies

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Constitutional Design

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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constitutionalism, democracy, constitutionalism-democracy debate, constituent power, constitutional reform

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The State of Comparative Constitutional Law: A Democratic Critique

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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comparative constitutional law; constitutional theory; democracy; democratic constitutional theory; liberal constitutional theory

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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constitutional theory, democracy, rule of law, republicanism, Puerto Rico

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Rousseau, constituent power, representation, direct democracy, sovereignty, social contract

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Rights of Nature, New Zealand, Judicial Application

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Reform, Constitutional Limits, Latin America, Columbia

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Sustainability, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Latin America

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
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egalitarianism, politics of difference, politics of recognition

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Hans Kelsen, New Zealand, Grundnorm, Basic Norm

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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

31.

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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Latin America, Democracy

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Puerto Rico, Constituent Assembly, constituent power, colonialism, decolonization, self-determination, secession

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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: 23 Jun 2022
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Constituent power; primary assemblies; imperative mandate; constituent instructions; Rousseau; Sieyes

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Constitutional Design

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Constituent Assembly, Democracy, Latin America

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law and Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Regulation, Law, Participation, Public Participation, Democracy

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Consitutions, Democracy

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law and Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Regulation, Participation, Public Participation, Democracy, Law, Electricity, Network, Environment

42.

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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Democracy, Puerto Rico

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Policy, Regulation, Policy Experimentation

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A Constitutional Theory of Territoriality: The Case of Puerto Rico

Joel I. Colón-Ríos & Yaniv Roznai, "A Constitutional Theory of Territoriality", 70(2) Cleveland State Law Review 279 (2022).
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Jun 2022
Joel I. Colón-Ríos and Yaniv Roznai
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya - Radzyner School of Law
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Puerto Rico, Commonwealth, Territorial Clause, basic structure, sovereignty, Puerto Rico status, Constitution of Puerto Rico, U.S. colonialism, colonialism, Insular Cases, PROMESA

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law and York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Senate, Constitutional Order, Legislation

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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sovereignty, constituent power, constituent authority, dictatorship, constitution-making, constitutional change, constituent assemblies

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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referenda, referendums, constituent referendums, constituent power, imperative mandate

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional Law, Niue, Government Procedure

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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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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Puerto Rico, the United States Supreme Court

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Introduction: Seven Thesis on the Constituent Power

Joel I Colon-Rios, Introduction: Seven Theses on the Constituent Power", 48(1) Journal of Legal Philosophy 38-43, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Sep 2023
Joel I. Colón-Ríos
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law
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constituent power, sovereignty, legitimacy, constitutional reform, constitution-making

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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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - 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, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law

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