The Forms of Unamendability

in Richard Albert and Bertil Emrah Oder (eds.), An Unamendable Constitution? Unamendability in Constitutional States (Springer 2018)

U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper

26 Pages Posted: 4 Jun 2018 Last revised: 4 Jan 2022

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Richard Albert

University of Texas at Austin - School of Law; University of Texas at Austin - Department of Government; Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas; Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo; Universidad Externado de Colombia - Facultad de Derecho; São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV DIREITO SP; University of Toronto - Faculty of Law; University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law; Reichman University - Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah - Harry Radziner School of Law; Airlangga University; Yale University; Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai

Bertil Oder

Koc University

Date Written: May 20, 2018

Abstract

In this Introductory Chapter to our edited volume on “An Unamendable Constitution: Unamendability in Constitutional States,” we explore one of the most fascinating — and controversial — developments in constitutional design in the last half-century: the rise of unamendability. Whether formal or informal, unamendability serves many purposes, and we illustrate each of them with reference to constitutions around the world. We discuss the substantive, procedural and temporal limitations on constitutional amendment, we highlight the foundational questions in modern constitutionalism raised by unamendability, and we situate each of the thirteen chapters comprising this volume in the growing literature on constitutional change. Our objective in this volume is to theorize the subject of unamendability and to probe deeply the uses and misuses of unamendability in constitutional design.

Keywords: Constitutional Amendment, Formal Amendment, Informal Amendment, Formal Unamendability, Informal Unamendability, Constitutional Design, Eternity Clause, Perpetuity Clause, Entrenchment

Suggested Citation

Albert, Richard and Oder, Bertil, The Forms of Unamendability (May 20, 2018). in Richard Albert and Bertil Emrah Oder (eds.), An Unamendable Constitution? Unamendability in Constitutional States (Springer 2018), U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3181732

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